Fusion in Cell Membranes. - Virus-Induced Cell Fusion. - Probing the Function of Viral Fusion Proteins with Synthetic Peptides. - The Roles of Ca2+Dependent Membrane-Binding Proteins in the Regulation and Mechanism of Exocytosis. - Synchronous Exocytosis in Paramecium Cells. - Role of Metalloendoprotease in the Fusion of Biological Membranes. - Control of Membrane Fusion in Polyethylene Glycol-Resistant Cell Mutants. - Fusion-Permissive Protoplasts. - Experimental Cell Fusion with Selected Siphonocladalean Algal Cells. - Fusion in Model Membranes. - Membrane-Membrane Interactions via Intermediates in Lamellar-to-Inverted Hexagonal Phase Transitions. - Lipid Vesicles. - Fusion of Phospholipid Vesicles Induced by Divalent Cations and Protons. - Protein Modulation of Liposome Fusion. - Acid-Induced Fusion of Liposomes. - The Mechanism of Polyethylene Glycol-Induced Fusion in Model Membranes. - Physicochemical Factors Underlying Lipid Membrane Fusion. - Pressure as a Probe of Vesicle Fusion. - New Membrane Fusion Methods. - Electrofusion. - The Electrofusion Mechanism in Erythrocyte Ghosts. - Laser-Induced Cell Fusion. - Applications of Membrane Fusion. - The Early History of Mammalian Somatic Cell Fusion. - Bioselective Cell-Cell Fusion for Antibody Production. - Micromanipulation and Elastic Response of Electrically Fused Red Cells. - Microinjection of Culture Cells via Fusion with Loaded Erythrocytes. - Electrofusion and Plant Somatic Hybridization. - Chemically Induced Fusion of Plant Protoplasts. - Nongenetic Techniques for Isolating Fusion Products between Different Cell Types. Language: English