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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Jahn, R. Some classic papers in the field of membrane fusion—a personal view. Nat Struct Mol Biol 15, 655–657 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb0708-655
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