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Focus on Membrane Fusion

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.

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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.


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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


Focus on Membrane Fusion

Synaptic vesicle fusion pp665 - 674

Josep Rizo & Christian Rosenmund

doi:10.1038/nsmb.1450


Focus on Membrane Fusion

Mechanics of membrane fusion pp675 - 683

Leonid V Chernomordik & Michael M Kozlov

doi:10.1038/nsmb.1455


Focus on Membrane Fusion

The fusion pores of Ca2+-triggered exocytosis pp684 - 689

Meyer B Jackson & Edwin R Chapman

doi:10.1038/nsmb.1449


Focus on Membrane Fusion

Viral membrane fusion pp690 - 698

Stephen C Harrison

doi:10.1038/nsmb.1456


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