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Physicochemical Factors Underlying Lipid Membrane Fusion

  • Shinpei Ohki
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Abstract

Membrane fusion is one of the essential events involved in many biological cellular processes (Poste and Allison, 1973; Rasmussen, 1970). In spite of extensive research on membrane fusion, its molecular mechanism is not well understood. This is probably due to the many possible molecular pathways for various membrane fusion events and also because of the complex nature of biological membranes (Poste and Nicolson, 1978).

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Interfacial Tension Membrane Fusion Vesicle Fusion Phospholipid Vesicle Dipicolinic Acid 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Shinpei Ohki
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  1. 1.Department of Biophysical Sciences, School of MedicineState University of New York at BuffaloBuffaloUSA

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