The importance of membrane fusion with respect to a variety of cellular functions has long
been appreciated. Interest in the mechanism by which membranes fuse, however, has …

The biological applications of lipid vesicles have attracted much interest in recent years as
evidenced by this symposium. Such applications range from therapeutic ones, in which the …

The ability of lipid vesicles of simple composition (lecithin, lysolecithin, and stearylamine) to
induce cells of various types to fuse has been investigated. One in every three or four cells in …

The biophysical investigator interested in membrane fusion has distilled the complexities of
the biological system to the simpler event of fusion between lipid vesicles (liposomes). This …

The fusion of mammalian cells cultured in vitro by unilamellar vesicles prepared from
individual or mixed phospholipid species is described. Maximum cell fusion in both …

A method has been developed for the rapid separation of cells in suspension from non-cell
associated lipid vesicles in various assays for vesicle-cell interaction. Separation is …

The mechanism of interaction of artificially generated lipid vesicles (approximately 500 A
diameter) with Chinese hamster V79 cells bathed in a simple balanced salt solution was …

Department of Zoology, University of California at Davis, Davis, California 95616 Received
February 14, 1984 abstract: Polylysine promoted extensive membrane mixing of liposomes …

The ability of lipid vesicles of simple composition (lecithin, lysolecithin, and stearylamine) to
induce cells of various types to fuse has been investigated. One in every three or four cells in …

Publisher Summary Lipid vesicles or liposomes constitute an important and valuable model
to study fundamental elements involved in the mechanism of membrane fusion. Their …