Ari Helenius launched the field of enveloped virus fusion in endosomes with a seminal
paper in the Journal of Cell Biology in 1980. In the intervening years, a great deal has been …

Cell fusion is essential for the development of multicellular organisms, and plays a key role
in the formation of various cell types and tissues. Recent findings have highlighted the …

The fusion of muscle precursor cells is a required event for proper skeletal muscle
development and regeneration. Numerous proteins have been implicated to function in …

With no limiting membrane surrounding virions, nonenveloped viruses have no need for
membrane fusion to gain access to intracellular replication compartments. Consequently …

The analysis of the structural organization of lipid bilayers is generally performed across the
direction normal to the bilayer/water interface, whereas the surface properties of the bilayer …

Reverse genetics systems for viruses, the technology used to generate gene-engineered
recombinant viruses from artificial genes, enable the study of the roles of the individual …

From lifeless viral particles to complex multicellular organisms, membrane fusion is
inarguably the important fundamental biological phenomena. Sitting at the heart of …

Membrane fusion is a crucial mechanism in a wide variety of important events in cell biology
from viral infection to exocytosis. However, despite many efforts and much progress, cell …

The Reoviridae family is the only non-enveloped virus family with members that use
syncytium formation to promote cell–cell virus transmission. Syncytiogenesis is mediated by …

Understanding viral peptide detection and partitioning and the subsequent host membrane
composition-based response is essential for gaining insights into the viral mechanism. Here …