Cell Function
cell fusion
cell fu·sion [ sel fyoo-zhuhn ]
Definitions related to cell fusion:
  • Fusion of somatic cells in vitro or in vivo, which results in somatic cell hybridization.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (cell-cell fusion) A cellular process in which two or more cells combine together, their plasma membrane fusing, producing a single cell. In some cases, nuclei fuse, producing a polyploid cell, while in other cases, nuclei remain separate, producing a syncytium.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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