• A fusion mechanism is any mechanism by which cell fusion or virus–cell fusion takes place, as well as the machinery that facilitates these processes....
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    many eukaryotic processes that rely on some form of fusion. Fusion is also an important mechanism for transport of lipids from their site of synthesis...
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    membrane fusion events. One main difference between hMPV and other Paramyxoviridae viruses' fusion mechanisms though is that hMPV's fusion events occur...
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    stellar nucleosynthesis is the creation of chemical elements by nuclear fusion reactions within stars. Stellar nucleosynthesis has occurred since the original...
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    structurally similar to HIV-1 gp41 subunit, suggesting an analogous membrane fusion mechanism between the two. In the 2010s, Chinese scientists traced the virus...
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  • heterokaryon fusion assay. Cell-cell fusogens Cellular differentiation Fertilisation Fusion mechanism Fusion protein Interbilayer forces in membrane fusion Lipid...
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    Fusion power is a proposed form of power generation that would generate electricity by using heat from nuclear fusion reactions. In a fusion process, two...
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    A thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H-bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon design. Its greater sophistication affords it vastly...
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  • membrane Cellular differentiation Fusion mechanism Fusion protein Interbilayer forces in membrane fusion Lipid bilayer fusion Shilagardi K, Li S, Luo F, Marikar...
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    a system rather questionable. Bubble fusion also called sonofusion was a proposed mechanism for achieving fusion via sonic cavitation which rose to prominence...
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  • A pure fusion weapon is a hypothetical hydrogen bomb design that does not need a fission "primary" explosive to ignite the fusion of deuterium and tritium...
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  • Metroid Fusion is a 2002 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. It was developed by Nintendo Research & Development...
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    stopping the fusion of the virus and its host cell membranes. The fusion mechanism is also studied as a potential target for antiviral development. Viruses...
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  • pathogens also exploit this mechanism to efficiently enter the cytosol of the cell (e.g. VSV, anthrax). Unlike regular fusion in the cell between endosomes...
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    Cold fusion is a hypothesized type of nuclear reaction that would occur at, or near, room temperature. It would contrast starkly with the "hot" fusion that...
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  • into sufficiently close proximity via the "zipper" mechanism of the SNARE complex, membrane fusion occurs spontaneously. It has been shown that when the...
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  • Membrane fusion proteins (not to be confused with chimeric or fusion proteins) are proteins that cause fusion of biological membranes. Membrane fusion is critical...
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    Matthew; Schornberg, Kathryn (2008-01-01). "Structures and Mechanisms of Viral Membrane Fusion Proteins". Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular...
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    Little Boy (gun type mechanism) and Fat Man (implosion type mechanism) bombs had efficiencies of 1.38% and 13%, respectively. Fusion boosting is achieved...
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    is the permutation by duplication mechanism. In this model, a precursor gene first undergoes a duplication and fusion to form a large tandem repeat. Next...
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    [clarification needed] Interbilayer Forces in Membrane Fusion Fusion mechanism Lipid bilayer fusion Cell-cell fusogens CAF-1 List of human cell types derived...
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    A fusion rocket is a theoretical design for a rocket driven by fusion propulsion that could provide efficient and sustained acceleration in space without...
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    from nuclear fusion, bypassing the need for an intermediate electricity-generating process. Using a magnetic confinement and heating mechanism, the DFD is...
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  • input. Both motor fusion and sensory fusion mechanisms are used to combine the two images into a single perceived image. Motor fusion describes the vergence...
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  • kiss-and-run mechanism by Ceccarelli et al., there have been many subsequent studies done that give evidence supporting kiss-and-run fusion. All studies...
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    Way comes from dying stars. The CNO cycle is an additional hydrogen fusion mechanism that powers stars, wherein carbon operates as a catalyst. Rotational...
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    Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) is a fusion energy process that initiates nuclear fusion reactions by compressing and heating targets filled with fuel...
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  • not high enough for hydrogen fusion, but allowing time for the accumulation of more mass. When the energy transport mechanism switches from convective to...
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  • Muon-catalyzed fusion (abbreviated as μCF or MCF) is a process that allows nuclear fusion to take place at temperatures that are significantly lower than...
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  • in the expression levels of proteins involved in the fission and fusion mechanisms of mitochondria, thus creating dysfunctional mitochondria. One hypothesis...
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