Membrane fusion is a sine qua non process for cell physiology. It is critical for membrane
biogenesis, intracellular traffic, and cell secretion. Although investigated for over a century …

The thermodynamic and geometrical features of possible self-assembled structures of a
series of chemically related glycosphingolipids differing in the complexity of their polar …

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 …

The fusion of large unilamellar phosphatidylserine liposomes (PS LUV) induced by La3+
has been monitored using the 1-aminoapthalene-3, 6, 8-trisulfonic acid/p-xylenebis …

Interaction of melittin with lipid membranes was studied systematically with respect to its
adsorption onto membranes, its effect on membrane leakage and fusion, and micellization at …

The mitochondrial inner membrane lost its selectivity for the transport of solutes after
reaction of hydrophobic sulfhydryl groups with alkylating agents (maleimide derivatives) …

A mechanism of ion-induced acidic lipid vesicle fusion is proposed. It has been reported that
fusogenic ions, eg Ca2+, alter acidic phospholipid membrane surfaces to be more …

We utilized epifluorescence microscopy to investigate the morphological changes in labeled
lipid bilayers supported on quartz surfaces (SLBs) induced by the interaction of cationic …

Calcium and lanthanum ion-induced fusion of lipid vesicles containing phosphatidylinositol
(PI), phosphatidylinositol-4-monophosphate (PIP), phosphatidylinositol-4, 5-bisphosphate …

Hemifusion, the linkage of contacting lipid monolayers of two membranes before the
opening of a fusion pore, is hypothesized to proceed through the formation of a stalk …