fusogenic
adj1
Facilitating 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
Of or pertaining to a fusogen.
- Derived terms
- fusogenesis, fusogenically, fusogenicity, fusogenic lipid, fusogenic liposome, fusogenic vesicle, hyperfusogenic, nonfusogenic, prefusogenic