New Cell Membrane Fusion Model Challenges Dogma
Wednesday, March 22, 2017 - 07:31
in Biology & Nature
Membrane fusion lies at the heart of many cell functions--from the secretion of antibodies to the release of neurotransmitters. For more than two decades, one view of the process by which membrane fusion occurs has been accepted as dogma; now recent studies indicate that fusion is more complex. These discoveries are being regarded by at least one leading cell biologist as "textbook changing" and could alter how we develop drugs that affect membrane fusion activities.