The basic structural element of biological membranes is the lipid bilayer. This bimolecular
leaflet configuration is quite stable, and, obviously, membranes resist a gross departure from …

Biological membranes contain the lipid bilayer as their fundamental structural element. This
stable structure is formed from an assembly of amphipathic membrane lipids. The assembly …

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 …

Membrane fusion is an essential process of biological cell function and is presumably
mediated by specific membrane proteins. Nevertheless, the final step is the rearrangement …

In many cellular functions the process of membrane fusion is of vital importance. It occurs in
a highly specific and strictly controlled fashion. Proteins are likely to play a key role in the …

Membrane fusion is one of the essential events involved in many biological cellular
processes (Poste and Allison, 1973; Rasmussen, 1970). In spite of extensive research on …

The functioning of all eukaryotic cells is critically dependent on a variety of membrane fusion
phenomena. For example, membrane fusion plays a key role not only in such cell-cell fusion …

Membrane fusion is vital for the functioning of many cells. However, membranes show
virtually no tendency to fuse randomly. Highly specific factors, most likely membrane-bound …

Membrane fusion is essential for cell survival and has attracted a great deal of both
theoretical and experimental interest. Fluorescence (de) quenching measurements were …

Membrane fusion is a ubiquitous and critical process in biology; it is central in the everyday
economy of cellular life and the function of multicellular organisms. Numerous proteins have …