Liposomes have become an important model system for studying the phenomenon of
membrane fusion (Blumenthal, 1985; Gregoriadis, 1984). The simplicity of form of artificial …

The speed at which secretory vesicles fuse with the plasma membrane is a key parameter
for neuronal and endocrine functions. We determined the precise time courses for fusion of …

The relative kinetics of intermixing and release of liposome aqueous contents during Ca 2+-
induced membrane fusion has been investigated. Fusion was monitored by the Tb …

For the act of membrane fusion, there are two competing, mutually exclusive molecular
models that differ in the structure of the initial pore, the pathway for ionic continuity between …

It is believed that in regulated exocytosis the vesicle membrane fuses with the plasma
membrane in response to a physiological stimulus. However, in the absence of stimulation …

Fusion between vesicles prepared from individual or mixed phospholipid species was
demonstrated by ultracentrifugation and gel-filtration techniques, electron microscopy and …

Rapid-freezing/freeze-fracture electron microscopy and whole-cell capacitance techniques
were used to study degranulation in peritoneal mast cells of the rat and the mutant beige …

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North
Carolina 27599-7260 Received September 16, 1991; Revised Manuscript Received …

Multilamellar phospholipid vesicles are introduced into the cis compartment on one side of a
planar phospholipid bilayer membrane. The vesicles contain a water-soluble fluorescent …

Phospholipid vesicles fuse with a planar membrane when they are osmotically swollen.
Channels in the vesicle membrane are required for swelling to occur when the vesicle …