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ArticleScientific reports2018

FerA is a Membrane-Associating Four-Helix Bundle Domain in the Ferlin Family of Membrane-Fusion Proteins.

Faraz M Harsini, Sukanya Chebrolu, Kerry L Fuson, Mark A White, Anne M Rice, R Bryan Sutton

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Faraz M HarsiniDepartment of Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, 79430-6551, USA.
Sukanya ChebroluDepartment of Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, 79430-6551, USA.
Kerry L FusonDepartment of Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, 79430-6551, USA.
Mark A WhiteDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1057-4203
Anne M RiceDepartment of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.
R Bryan SuttonDepartment of Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, 79430-6551, USA. roger.b.sutton@ttuhsc.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-8393-5239
Texas Tech University · USJohns Hopkins University · USThe University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

Human dysferlin and its implications in Limb-Girdle Muscular DystrophyR01AR063634 · NIAMS · TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIS CENTER · PI SUTTON, ROGER BRYAN · 2014 to 2018
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NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR063634
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ferlin proteins participate in such diverse biological events as vesicle fusion in C. elegans, fusion of myoblast membranes to form myotubes, Ca

Indexed as

CalciumCalcium-Binding ProteinsCell MembraneCircular DichroismDysferlinHumansMembrane FusionMembrane ProteinsModels, MolecularMuscle ProteinsMutationProtein DomainsProtein Structure, SecondaryScattering, Small AngleThermodynamicsX-Ray DiffractionCalciumCalcium-Binding ProteinsDysferlinDYSF protein, humanMembrane ProteinsMuscle ProteinsMYOF protein, humanOTOF protein, human

Identifiers

PMID30026467
PMCPMC6053371
OpenAlexW2884691340

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