fusogenic en · ADJ
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Facilitating fusion, especially relating to cells.
Only a dozen or so SNARE combinations are fusogenic, corresponding to the known transport processes in the cell; hence, SNAREs can impart considerable specificity to membrane fusion.
2009 January 23, Thomas C. Sudhof, James E. Rothman, “Membrane Fusion: Grappling with SNARE and SM Proteins”, in Science, volume 323, number 5913, →DOI:
- (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to a fusogen.
Deriveds
fusogenically · hyperfusogenic · prefusogenic · fusogenic lipid · fusogenicity · fusogenic vesicle · fusogenic liposome · nonfusogenic · fusogenesis