"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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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Membrane Fusion" by people in Profiles.
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Regulation of Syntaxin3B-Mediated Membrane Fusion by T14, Munc18, and Complexin. Biomolecules. 2023 09 28; 13(10).
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Testis-enriched ferlin, FER1L5, is required for Ca2+-activated acrosome reaction and male fertility. Sci Adv. 2023 01 25; 9(4):eade7607.
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Protective anti-gB neutralizing antibodies targeting two vulnerable sites for EBV-cell membrane fusion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 08 09; 119(32):e2202371119.
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Inhibition of calcium-triggered secretion by hydrocarbon-stapled peptides. Nature. 2022 03; 603(7903):949-956.
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Herpesvirus Nuclear Egress across the Outer Nuclear Membrane. Viruses. 2021 11 24; 13(12).
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Mitochondrial Fusion: The Machineries In and Out. Trends Cell Biol. 2021 01; 31(1):62-74.
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Validation of a mitochondrial RNA therapeutic strategy using fibroblasts from a Leigh syndrome patient with a mutation in the mitochondrial ND3 gene. Sci Rep. 2020 05 05; 10(1):7511.
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Munc18-2, but not Munc18-1 or Munc18-3, controls compound and single-vesicle-regulated exocytosis in mast cells. J Biol Chem. 2018 05 11; 293(19):7148-7159.
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Genetic Analysis of the Lambda Spanins Rz and Rz1: Identification of Functional Domains. G3 (Bethesda). 2017 02 09; 7(2):741-753.
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MFN1 structures reveal nucleotide-triggered dimerization critical for mitochondrial fusion. Nature. 2017 02 16; 542(7641):372-376.