A fascinating problem in modern cell biology — how membranes fuse ... results on proteins that are essential for membrane fusion during exocytosis, providing a starting point from which ...

In this study, we reveal biophysical studies that indicate exocyst playing several critical roles that directly facilitate fusion of the vesicles with the cell membrane to drive cargo delivery ...

In some specialized cell types, like neurons and sperm ... Three central players are (1) mitofusins (outer mitochondrial membrane fusion), (2) OPA1/Mgm1 (inner mitochondrial membrane fusion ...

Moreover, the application of fluctuating forces to the vesicle membrane facilitated homotypic fusion even in large ...

Membrane fusion is important during infection because when some people are infected with non-fusing chlamydia, they tend to have much milder cases. "It looks like fusion is boosting the potency of ...

Previously, researchers suspected that the primary mechanism was fusion. During endocytosis, the target cell’s membrane ...

This takes place when molecules diffuse across the cell membrane by travelling through specific transport proteins. It occurs down a concentration gradient - molecules move from an area of high to ...