fusogenic

English

Adjective

fusogenic (not comparable)

Facilitating fusion, especially relating to cells.
- 2009 January 23, Thomas C. Sudhof, James E. Rothman, “Membrane Fusion: Grappling with SNARE and SM Proteins”, in Science‎, volume 323, number 5913, →DOI:
  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.
Of or pertaining to a fusogen.

Derived terms

fusogenesis
fusogenic vesicle
fusogenic lipid
fusogenic liposome
hyperfusogenic

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