Alex Engel
Alumni Graduate Student
Selected Publications
Engel A, Aguilar PS, Walter P. The yeast cell fusion protein Prm1p requires covalent dimerization to promote membrane fusion. PLoS One 5:e10593, 2010
(PMID: 20485669) (PDF)
Aguilar PS, Heiman MG, Walther TC, Engel A, Schwudke D, Gushwa N, Kurzchalia T, Walter P. Structure of sterol aliphatic chains affects yeast cell shape and cell fusion during mating. PNAS 9:4170-5, 2010
(PMID: 20150508) (PDF)
Engel A, Walter P. Membrane lysis during biological membrane fusion: collateral damage by misregulated fusion machines. J Cell Biol 183:181-6, 2008
(PMID: 18852300) (PDF)
Heiman M, Engel A, Walter P. The Golgi-resident protease Kex2 acts in conjunction with Prm1 to facilitate cell fusion during yeast mating. J Cell Biol 176:209-22, 2007
(PMID: 17210951) (PDF)
Aguilar P, Engel A, Walter P. The plasma membrane proteins Prm1 and Fig1 ascertain fidelity of membrane fusion during yeast mating. Mol Biol Cell 18:47-56, 2007
(PMID: 17151357) (PDF)