We have reviewed studies on calcium-induced fusion of lipid bilayer membranes and the
role of synexin and other calcium-binding proteins (annexins) in membrane fusion. We have …

Membrane fusion and aggregation of phospholipid vesicles are reviewed and discussed.
The fusion process is viewed as consisting of several stages: aggregation and close …

Clinical evidence links arterial calcification and cardiovascular risk. Finite-element modelling
of the stress distribution within atherosclerotic plaques has suggested that subcellular …

Revised Manuscript Received February 22, 1994® abstract: A critical step in membrane
fusion involves the formation of a lipid intermediatewhich shares a conformational similarity …

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 …

Hydrophobic interactions between lipid bilayers and imbedded membrane proteins couple
protein conformation to the mechanical properties of the bilayer. This coupling is widely …

Using a semi‐chemically defined medium, the requirement of extracellular Ca2+ for survival,
capacitation, and acrosome reaction of spermatozoa as well as various stages of fertilization …

Membrane fusion is an important biological process that is observed in a wide variety of intra-
and intercellular events. Little is known about its molecular mechanisms and few of the …

Deposition of a fluorophoric material, known as lipofuscin, in retinal pigment epithelium cells
has been speculated to be one of the biomarkers of age-related macular degeneration. One …

Release of mitochondrial calcium has been shown to occur concomitant with mineral ion
loading of matrix vesicles at the onset of mineralization in epiphyseal growth plate cartilage …