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Membrane Fusion

Fusogenic Agents and Osmotic Forces

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Artificial and Reconstituted Membrane Systems

Part of the book series: Subcellular Biochemistry ((SCBI,volume 14))

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Many of the dynamic features of the behavior of biological membranes, at cellular and subcellular levels, depend on the phenomenon of membrane fusion.

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