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Genetic control of fusion pore expansion in the epidermis of Caenorhabditis elegans.
Molecular biology of the cell - 1 Apr 2007
Gattegno Tamar, Mittal Aditya, Valansi Clari, Nguyen Ken C Q, Hall David H, Chernomordik Leonid V, Podbilewicz Benjamin
Abstract excerpt
Developmental cell fusion is found in germlines, muscles, bones, placentae, and stem cells. In Caenorhabditis elegans 300 somatic cells fuse during development. Although there is extensive information on the early intermediates of viral-induced and intracellular membrane fusion, little is known about late stages in membrane fusion. To dissect the pathway of cell fusion in C. elegans embryos, we use genetic and...
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