Membrane Fusion

This volume of Current Topics in Membranes focuses on Membrane Fusion, beginning with fusion and fission of lipid bilayers, with reviews focused on hemifusion and dynamic remodeling of membranes catalyzed by dynamin. Other topics discussed include viral fusion, intracellular fusion, developmental cell fusion, and theoretical modeling.

Fusion and fission of lipid bilayers

1. The Pathway to Membrane Fusion through Hemifusion

Jörg Nikolaus, Jason M. Warner, Ben O’Shaughnessy and Andreas Herrmann

2. Dynamic Remodeling of Membranes Catalyzed by Dynamin

Thomas J. Pucadyil

Viral fusion

3. Structure and working of viral fusion machineries

Aurélie Albertini, Stéphane Bressanelli, Jean Lepault and Yves Gaudin

4. Membrane fusion mediated by Human Immunodeficiency Virus Envelope glycoprotein

Melikyan G.B

5. The Reovirus Fusion-Associated Small Transmembrane (FAST) Proteins: Virus-Encoded Cellular Fusogens

Julie Boutilier and Roy Duncan

Intracellular fusion

6. C2 domains and membrane fusion

Sascha Martens and Harvey T. McMahon

7. Chasing the trails of SNAREs and lipids along the membrane fusion pathway

Tae-Young Yoon, Dae-Hyuk Kweon and Yeon-Kyun Shin

8. Inferring Structures of Kinetic Intermediates in Ca²⁺-Triggered Exocytosis

Meyer B. Jackson

Developmental cell fusion

9. Eukaryotic Cell-Cell Fusion Families

Ori Avinoam and Benjamin Podbilewicz

10. Invasive Podosomes and Myoblast Fusion

Elizabeth Chen

Theoretical modeling

11. Lipid Acrobatics in the Membrane Fusion Arena

Albert J. Markvoort and Siewert J. Marrink

12. An Alternate Path for Fusion and its Exploration by Field-Theoretic Means

Marcus Muller and M. Schick