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Nature 393, 14-15 (7 May 1998) | doi:10.1038/29871

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Membrane fusion:  SNAREs line up in new environment

Reinhard Jahn1 & Phyllis I. Hanson2

Many cellular processes — ranging from growth to neuronal communication — rely on fusion of intracellular membranes. This requires a highly conserved set of membrane proteins known as SNAREs.

  1. Reinhard Jahn is in the Department of Neurobiology, Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie, Am Fassberg 11, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany.
    e-mail: Email: rjahn@gwdg.de
  2. Phyllis I. Hanson is in the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
    e-mail: Email: phanson@cellbio.wustl.edu