"Membrane Fusion" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The adherence and merging of cell membranes, intracellular membranes, or artificial membranes to each other or to viruses, parasites, or interstitial particles through a variety of chemical and physical processes.
| Descriptor ID |
D008561
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G04.575
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| Concept/Terms |
Membrane Fusion- Membrane Fusion
- Fusion, Membrane
- Fusions, Membrane
- Membrane Fusions
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Membrane Fusion" by people in Profiles.
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Drosophila Mitf regulates the V-ATPase and the lysosomal-autophagic pathway. Autophagy. 2016; 12(3):484-98.
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Structural insights into the membrane fusion mechanism mediated by influenza virus hemagglutinin. Biochemistry. 2014 Feb 11; 53(5):846-54.
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Two modes of lytic granule fusion during degranulation by natural killer cells. Immunol Cell Biol. 2011 Aug; 89(6):728-38.
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Circulating stem cells and tissue repair. Panminerva Med. 2004 Mar; 46(1):1-11.
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Selectively receptor-blind measles viruses: Identification of residues necessary for SLAM- or CD46-induced fusion and their localization on a new hemagglutinin structural model. J Virol. 2004 Jan; 78(1):302-13.
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Effective therapy of metastatic ovarian cancer with an oncolytic herpes simplex virus incorporating two membrane fusion mechanisms. Clin Cancer Res. 2003 Jul; 9(7):2727-33.
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Asymmetric requirement for cholesterol in receptor-bearing but not envelope-bearing membranes for fusion mediated by ecotropic murine leukemia virus. J Virol. 2002 Jul; 76(13):6701-9.