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SCIENCE|natural and applied sciences|life sciences|biology
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Zellenverschmelzung | Zellfusion
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cell-to-cell fusion | cell-cell fusion | cell fusion
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Definition process in which two or more cells merge into one by fusing their plasma membranes Reference Amy Gottesman, Joseph Milazzo, and Yuri Lazebnik. 'V-fusion: a convenient, nontoxic method for cell fusion' (26.3.2021). BioTechniques 2010 49:4, 747-750
Comment 1) Cell fusion is an important cellular process in which several uninuclear cells (cells with a single nucleus) combine to form a multinuclear cell, known as a syncytium. Cell fusion occurs during differentiation of muscle, bone and trophoblast cells, during embryogenesis, and during morphogenesis. Cell fusion is a necessary event in the maturation of cells so that they maintain their specific functions throughout growth.2) Cell-cell fusion between infected cells and neighboring non-infected cells can also be mediated by certain viruses, and, more especially, enveloped viruses belonging to different viral families and including human pathogens3) Cell fusion is also a technique that can be used to determine the control of characteristics exerted by specific chromosomes by combining two cells from different tissues or species in a cell culture. The cells are fused and coalesce but their nuclei generally remain separate. This technique is also called somatic cell hybridization
fusion cellulaire
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Definition Fusion de deux (ou plusieurs) cellules en une seule, qui forme une cellule hybride portant les caractères des cellules d'origine Reference Biotechnologie,p.427