membrane fusion

collocation in English

meaningsofmembraneandfusion

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membrane
noun[C or U]
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/ˈmem.breɪn/
anatomy
a thin piece of skin that covers or connects parts of a person's or ...
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fusion
noun[U]
uk
/ˈfjuː.ʒən/
us
/ˈfjuː.ʒən/
an occasion when two or more things join or ...
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(Definition ofmembraneandfusionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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On the contents of cortical granules: a model system for studyingmembranefusionand calciummediated exocytosis.
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In these areas the limiting membranes of both oocyte and spermatozoon were indistinct: these regions may represent the point ofmembranefusion.
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The released vesicles diffuse to the membrane, and fusion proteins both dock the vesicles and inducemembranefusion.
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The instant at which the fertilising spermatozoon stops moving immediately before entry into the egg would be the time ofmembranefusion.
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And the same scenario may well apply, albeit in a much more complex way, to proteininducedmembranefusion.
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This section captures the initial phases ofmembranefusion.
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In contrast, most animal viruses are internalized into the host cell essentially intact through endocytosis ormembranefusionmechanisms.
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Coiled coils in both intracellular vesicle and viralmembranefusion.
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Disassembly of the reconstituted synaptic vesiclemembranefusioncomplex in vitro.
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The morphology of this area of contact was consistent with previously proposed intermediates ofmembranefusion.
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Fusion peptides are highly conserved, relatively hydrophobic sequences of fusion proteins that are critical formembranefusion, such as in virus infection or fertilization.
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The forces that promote cell adhesion are not the same as the ones that promotemembranefusion.
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It has also been suggested thatmembranefusiontakes place through a sequence of structural rearrangements that help to overcome the barrier that prevents fusion.
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This results in very strong hydrophobic attractions (which dominate the repulsive force) between the exposed groups leading tomembranefusion.
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The syncytin is retrovirus protein that have been captured in mammals genome to allowmembranefusionin placental morphogenesis.
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The attached virus enters the cell by one of two ways, receptor mediated endocytosis or viral envelope-cellmembranefusion.
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Viral glycoprotein-receptor interactions are required to initiatemembranefusionof the virus and cell.
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Amphiphilic protein sequences can be involved in protein targeting, membrane protein assembly as well asmembranefusionand lysis.
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This binding results inmembranefusionand the subsequent intracellular signaling that facilitates viral invasion.
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