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fusogenic

fusogenic adjective: facilitating fusion, especially relating to cells.

Adjective

fusogenic (not comparable)

  1. Facilitating fusion, especially relating to cells.
    • Only a dozen or so SNARE combinations are fusogenic, corresponding to the known transport processes in the cell; hence, SNAREs can impart considerable specificity to membrane fusion.2009 January 23, Thomas C. Sudhof, James E. Rothman, “Membrane Fusion: Grappling with SNARE and SM Proteins”, in Science, volume 323, number 5913, →DOI
  2. Of or pertaining to a fusogen.

Words formed from fusogenic

Questions about fusogenic

What does fusogenic mean?
Fusogenic means facilitating fusion, especially relating to cells.
What part of speech is fusogenic?
Fusogenic is an adjective.

Words near fusogenic in the dictionary

  1. fusobacteriosis
  2. fusobacterium
  3. fusogen
  4. fusogeneity
  5. fusogenesis
  6. fusogenic
  7. fusogenically
  8. fusogenicities
  9. fusogenicity
  10. fusogens
  11. fusoid

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