Robert Fraley,* Jan Wilschut, 8 Nejat Duzgunes, 1 Craig Smith, and Demetrios
Papahadjopoulos* abstract: The role of phosphate in enhancing the calciuminduced fusion …

We have investigated the contribution of various phospholipids to membrane fusion induced
by divalent cations. Fusion was followed by means of a new fluorescence assay monitoring …

Jan Wilschut,* Nejat Düzgüne § , § Robert Fraley, 1 and Demetrios Papahadjopoulos*
abstract: We describe an assay for following the mixing of aqueous contentsduring fusion of …

Dick Hoekstra abstract: The effects of Ca2+ and Mg2+ on the fluorescence behavior of the
phospholipid analogues 1-acyl-2-[6-[(7-nitro-2, 1, 3-benzoxadiazol-4-yl) amino] caproyl] …

Jan Wilschut,* Nejat Duzgiine § , and Demetrios Papahadjopoulos* abstract: We have
investigated the relative abilities of Ca2+ and Mg2+ to induce the fusion of phospholipid …

The effect of divalent metals on the interaction and mixing of membrane components in
vesicles prepared from acidic phospholipids has been examined using freeze-fracture …

The aggregation, leakage, and fusion of pure PS (phosphatidylserine) and mixed PS/PC
(phosphatidylcholine) sonicated vesicles were studied by light scattering, the release of …

The effect of several monovalent cations on the Ca 2+-induced aggregation and fusion of
sonicated phosphatidylserine (PS) vesicles is studied by monitoring the mixing of internal …

Studies on the fusion of phospholipid vesicles have provided considerable insight into the
molecular mechanism of membrane fusion and the role of specific molecules in this process …

John R. Silvius* and Jeannine Gagné abstract: Pure dioleoyl-, dielaidoyl-, and dimyristoyl-
phosphatidylserines havebeen synthesized, along with the corresponding …