| Title | Cell fusion: an EFFicient sculptor. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2002 |
| Authors | Witze E, Rothman JH |
| Journal | Curr Biol |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 13 |
| Pagination | R467-9 |
| Date Published | 2002 Jul 9 |
| ISSN | 0960-9822 |
| Keywords | Animals, Caenorhabditis elegans, Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins, Membrane Fusion, Membrane Glycoproteins |
| Abstract | Mutations in the eff-1 gene of Caenorhabditis elegans, which prevent all cell-cell fusions in the nematode's epidermis, have revealed developmental roles for cell fusion. An extracellular fusogen-like domain in EFF-1 suggests it might direct the fusion of lipid bilayers. |
| Alternate Journal | Curr. Biol. |
| PubMed ID | 12121640 |