… of the membranes that are destined for fusion and pull the membranes close together to
destabilize the lipid/water interface and to initiate mixing of the lipids. A single fusion protein may …

… Fusion entails extensive lipid rearrangements by two apposed (docked) membrane vesicles,
joining their membrane … Fusion of membranes in the secretory pathway involves Rab …

… Diverse membrane fusion reactions in biology involve close contact between two lipid … a
single, merged membrane. We consider the structures and energies of the fusion intermediates …

… Specific fusion of biological membranes is a central requirement for many cellular processes.
Membrane fusion involves the merging of the membranes … by these membranes. Studies of …

… By membrane fusion we refer only to the process of bilayer merger and fusion pore formation
which leads two previously distinct surfaces to become coplanar without any loss of the …

… fusion reaction resembles viral fusion proteins. Components of intracellular fusion machines
are utilized in multiple membrane … Fusion pores develop during viral and intracellular fusion …

… the molecular-level mechanism of membrane fusion. Due to the … fusion processes. In this
critical review we first give an overview of the hypothesized mechanism of membrane fusion …

… Inthe following, we focus on selected features of viral membrane fusion withparticular
emphasis on the structural changes involved in the fusion reaction.For more comprehensive …

… of cell membranes are regulated by membrane lateral tension. Here we focus on the role
of tension in driving membrane fusion. We discuss the physics of membrane tension, forces …

… through fusion of the viral membrane with a membrane of the target cell. Viral 'fusion … ,
large-scale conformational change in the fusion protein is coupled to apposition and merger of the …