Publisher Summary Lipid vesicles or liposomes constitute an important and valuable model
to study fundamental elements involved in the mechanism of membrane fusion. Their …

Department of Zoology, University of California at Davis, Davis, California 95616 Received
February 14, 1984 abstract: Polylysine promoted extensive membrane mixing of liposomes …

This chapter examines assays for membrane fusion: two assays for the intermixing of
aqueous contents of phospholipid vesicles, and one for the mixing of membrane …

The kinetics of Ca 2+-induced fusion of small unilamellar phosphatidylserine (PS) vesicles
was investigated by continuous monitoring of the mixing of vesicle lipids and, in parallel, the …

Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, and Departments of Pharmacy and
Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco …

Publisher Summary The study of lipid polymorphism and membrane fusion in liposomal
systems has provided a useful approach to understanding the complex process of fusion in …

Membrane fusion is an essential process of biological cell function and is presumably
mediated by specific membrane proteins. Nevertheless, the final step is the rearrangement …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses fusion assays monitoring intermixing of aqueous
contents. The fusion of phospholipid vesicles has been used as a model system for …

Divalent cation-induced fusion of large unilamellar vesides (approx. 0.1 μm diameter) made
of phosphatidylserine (PS) or phosphatidylglycerol (PG) has been studied. Intermixing 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 …