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Nature Cell Biology 7, 103–104 (1 February 2005) | doi:10.1038/ncb0205-103

Expanding dynamin: from fission to fusion

Karolina Peplowska & Christian Ungermann

A dynamic interplay between membrane fission and fusion events maintains organelle structure, membrane trafficking and protein sorting in the cell. In the endomembrane system, vesicles form by fission from a donor organelle and release their content following fusion with a target membrane.