New insights into the mechanisms and roles of cell-cell fusion

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 289, Issue , 2011, Pages 149-209

  Shinn Thomas, Jessica H ^b   Mohler, William A ^a  

^a EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cell fusion; Fusion model system; Fusogen; Giant cell; Membrane fusion; Syncytium

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FUSION ASSOCIATED SMALL TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BOOK; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUSION; CHLAMYDOMONAS; DRUG TARGETING; ECHINODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYE; FUNGUS; GIANT CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; INSECT; LENS; LIFE CYCLE; MACROPHAGE; MAMMAL; MATING; MEMBRANE FUSION; MUSCLE; NEMATODE; OSTEOCLAST; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REOVIRUS; REPRODUCTION; STEM CELL; TUMOR CELL; VERTEBRATE; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; WOUND HEALING;

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EID: 79960145986     PISSN: 19376448     EISSN: 19376448     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386039-2.00005-5     Document Type: Chapter

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