Molecular Function
membrane fusion
mem·brane fu·sion [ mem-breyn fyoo-zhuhn ]
Subclass of:
Cell physiology
Definitions related to membrane fusion:
  • Adherence and merging of cell membranes, intracellular membranes, or artificial membranes to each other or to viruses, parasites, or interstitial particles through a variety of chemical and physical processes.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The adherence and merging of cell membranes, intracellular membranes, or artificial membranes to each other or to viruses, parasites, or interstitial particles through a variety of chemical and physical processes.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • The membrane organization process that joins two lipid bilayers to form a single membrane.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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