Focus
Focus on Membrane Fusion
- Focus issue:
- Julember 2008 Volume 15, No 7
The fusion of biological membranes is a controlled process that occurs when two closely apposed membrane compartments are brought together so that their contents can be mixed. Membrane fusion is critical for communication between membrane-bound compartments in eukaryotic cells and is essential for host cell infection by enveloped viruses. This special focus on membrane fusion, comprised of an Essay and five Reviews, describes fundamental fusion processes and the interactions that regulate them.
Editorial
Focus on Membrane Fusion
Bringing it together - p653
doi:10.1038/nsmb0708-653
An in-depth look at membrane fusion—a process essential for communication within and between cells—is presented in this issue of Nature Structural & Molecular Biology.
Full Text - Bringing it together | PDF (227 KB) - Bringing it together
Essay
Focus on Membrane Fusion
Some classic papers in the field of membrane fusion—a personal view - pp655 - 657
Reinhard Jahn
doi:10.1038/nsmb0708-655
Every field of research has influential papers that have shaped and guided future work. Reinhard Jahn gives his picks for membrane fusion and a little bit of history about how the field has developed.
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Reviews
Focus on Membrane Fusion
Membrane fusion - pp658 - 664
William Wickner & Randy Schekman
doi:10.1038/nsmb.1451
Abstract - | Full Text - Membrane fusion | PDF (528 KB) - Membrane fusion
Focus on Membrane Fusion
Synaptic vesicle fusion - pp665 - 674
Josep Rizo & Christian Rosenmund
doi:10.1038/nsmb.1450
Abstract - | Full Text - Synaptic vesicle fusion | PDF (851 KB) - Synaptic vesicle fusion
Focus on Membrane Fusion
Mechanics of membrane fusion - pp675 - 683
Leonid V Chernomordik & Michael M Kozlov
doi:10.1038/nsmb.1455
Abstract - | Full Text - Mechanics of membrane fusion | PDF (1,280 KB) - Mechanics of membrane fusion
Focus on Membrane Fusion
The fusion pores of Ca2+-triggered exocytosis - pp684 - 689
Meyer B Jackson & Edwin R Chapman
doi:10.1038/nsmb.1449
Abstract - | Full Text - The fusion pores of Ca2+-triggered exocytosis | PDF (1,643 KB) - The fusion pores of Ca2+-triggered exocytosis
Focus on Membrane Fusion
Viral membrane fusion - pp690 - 698
Stephen C Harrison
doi:10.1038/nsmb.1456
Abstract - | Full Text - Viral membrane fusion | PDF (1,042 KB) - Viral membrane fusion