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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144665603321

Titolo

Cell fusion / / Ciba Foundation

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Pitman, , 1984

©1984

ISBN

0-470-72084-0

0-470-71854-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 103

Disciplina

574.876

Soggetti

Cell differentiation

Cell hybridization

Cytogenetics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Symposiumon Cell fusion, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 17-1 9 May 1983"--Contents.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cell fusion; Contents; Introduction; Lessons for the study of membrane fusion from membrane interactions in phospholipid systems; Discussion; Fusogenic mechanisms; Discussion; Non-bilayer structures in membrane fusion; Discussion; Electro-fusion of cells: principles and potential for the future; Discussion; Molecular aspects of sperm-egg fusion; Discussion; Myoblast fusion and inositol phospholipid breakdown: causal relationship or coincidence?; Discussion; Plant-animal cell fusions; Discussion

Transfer of plasma membrane proteins between cells using reconstituted membrane vesicles as shuttle vehiclesDiscussion; Insertion of EGF receptors into target cells in the absence of fusogenic agents; Discussion; The use of specific antibodies to mediate fusion between Sendai virus envelopes and living cells; Discussion; What determines the degradation rate of an injected protein?; Discussion; Degradative fate of transplanted proteins; Discussion; Expression of mRNAs microinjected into somatic cells; Discussion

Immunospecific vesicle targeting facilitates fusion with selected cell



populationsDiscussion; Liposomes for gene transfer and expression in vivo; Discussion; Final general discussion; Comments on the status of the bilayer concept of biomembranes; Mode of action of polyethylene glycol; Microinjection and protein degradation studies; Mechanism of cell fusion by viruses; Physiological cell fusion; Index of contributors; Subject index