… role in the initial penetration of the virus into the host cell membrane, followed by the fusion of
the two membranes… Structures and mechanisms of viral membrane fusion proteins: multiple …

… Finally, we monitored cholesterol with a newly developed probe for cholesterol: GRAM 1b (…
properties of cellular membranes; in their absence, more cholesterol becomes accessible on …

… cholesterol sensing–defective mutants. Altogether, our findings reveal a new role for SCAP
under cholesterol-… CARTS biogenesis via ER–Golgi MCSs, depending on the ER cholesterol. …

… Depletion of the cholesterol transporter Niemann-Pick type C1 or extraction of membrane
cholesterol renders neurons highly permissive to tau entry and potentiates seeding even at low …

… , we investigated the effect of membrane cholesterol level on the structure of organized …
and a model lipid membrane. Irrespective of membrane cholesterol content, interfacial water …

… In eukaryotic cells, membrane fusion by SNARE proteins (1) plays a crucial role in various
cellular functions, such as exo- and endocytosis, membrane remodeling, cell division, signal …

… By the comparison of the virus's membrane fusion and the aforementioned examples, we
hypothesized that two pre-requirements are essential for transmembrane siRNA delivery: (a) …

… , synthetic model membranes, as well as biomimetic plasma membrane (PM) with … cholesterol
composition were studied. Depleting membrane cholesterol inhibits viral membrane fusion …

… To optimise vesicle fusion, lipids were deposited at a concentration of 0.1 mg mL −1 in
the presence of 2 mM CaCl 2 [38,39]; freshly tip-sonicated lipids were mixed with an equal …

… Lipid membrane fusion is an essential process for a number of critical biological functions. …
modulate membrane fusion and equivalently prime lipid membranes for calcium-triggered …