CGC Bibliography Paper 5348
Cell fusion: an EFFicient sculptor.
Witze E,
Rothman JE
- Medline:
- 12121640
- Citation:
- Current Biology 12: R467-R469 2002
- Type:
- REVIEW
- Genes:
- eff-1 lin-39 mab-5
- Abstract:
- Mutations in the eff-1 gene of Caenorhabditis elegans, which prevent all cell-cell fusions in the nematode's epidermis, have revealed developmental roles for cell fusion. An extracellular fusogen-like domain in EFF-1 suggests it might direct the fusion of lipid bilayers.