fusogenic

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adjective

Facilitating fusion, especially relating to cells.

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Meanings

adjectivefusogenic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableFacilitating 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
  2. not comparableOf or pertaining to a fusogen.
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Chicago

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