Mechanisms of cell fusion

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1975 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 253, pages 194-195 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: Q F, Ahkong; D, Fisher; W, Tampion; J A, Lucy;

doi: 10.1038/253194a0

pmid: 1110768

Mechanisms of cell fusion

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Abstract

WE report new findings on the chemically-induced fusion of hen erythrocytes and discuss possible ways in which the lipid and protein/glycoprotein components of membranes may behave during the process of membrane fusion. Our observations are consistent with Poste and Allison's1 idea that the aggregation of intrinsic membrane proteins is important in membrane fusion but we suggest that fusion may occur in regions of perturbed lipid bilayer which are thus denuded of intramembranous particles.

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University of London
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Keywords

Glycerol, Erythrocytes, Cell Membrane, Dextrans, Lipids, Cell Fusion, Cell Adhesion, Concanavalin A, Animals, Dimethyl Sulfoxide, Glycolipids, Chickens

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