Regulatory features of protein-induced membrane fusion are largely unclear, particularly at
the level of the fusion peptide. Fusion peptides being part of larger protein complexes, such …

A key element of membrane fusion reactions in biology is the involvement of specific fusion
proteins. In many viruses, the proteins that mediate membrane fusion usually exist as …

In this study, the mechanism by which an amphipathic negatively charged peptide consisting
of 11 amino acids (WAE) induces fusion of liposomal phosphatidylcholine membranes is …

Fusion peptides are moderately hydrophobic segments of viral and nonviral membrane
fusion proteins that enable these proteins to fuse two closely apposed biological …

Membrane fusion, one of the most essential processes in the life of eukaryotes, occurs when
two separate lipid bilayers merge into a continuous bilayer and internal contents of two …

While the importance of viral fusion peptides (eg, hemagglutinin (HA) and gp41) in virus-cell
membrane fusion is established, it is unclear how these peptides enhance membrane …

Membrane fusion is critical to eukaryotic cellular function and crucial to the entry of
enveloped viruses such as influenza and human immunodeficiency virus. Influenza viral …

Although membrane fusion occurs ubiquitously and continuously in alleukaroytic cells, little
is known about the mechanism that governs lipidbilayer fusion associated with any …

Membrane fusion mediated by the influenza-virus fusion protein is activated by low pH via a
cascade of reactions. Some processes among them are irreversible, such as helix hairpin …

The entry of influenza virus into the host cell requires fusion of its lipid envelope with the host
membrane. It is catalysed by viral hemagglutinin protein, whose fragments called fusion …