Rapid Fusion and Syncytium Formation of Heterologous Cells upon Expression of the FGFRL1 Receptor

FGFRL1 is a neglected putative actor of the FGF signalling pathway present in all major metazoan phyla

(2009) Stephanie Bertrand et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The immunoglobulin superfamily member Hbs functions redundantly with Sns in interactions between founder and fusion-competent myoblasts

(2009) C. Shelton et al.   DEVELOPMENT

The murine Fgfrl1 receptor is essential for the development of the metanephric kidney

(2009) Simon D. Gerber et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Myoblast fusion: When it takes more to make one

(2009) Kate Rochlin et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Multiple congenital malformations of Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome are recapitulated in Fgfrl1 null mice

(2009) C. Catela et al.   Disease Models & Mechanisms

The SCAR and WASp nucleation-promoting factors act sequentially to mediate Drosophila myoblast fusion

(2009) Boaz Gildor et al.   EMBO REPORTS

The FGFRL1 Receptor Is Shed from Cell Membranes, Binds Fibroblast Growth Factors (FGFs), and Antagonizes FGF Signaling inXenopusEmbryos

(2009) Florian Steinberg et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A Novel Function of Heparan Sulfate in the Regulation of Cell-Cell Fusion

(2009) Christopher D. O'Donnell et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A role for nephrin, a renal protein, in vertebrate skeletal muscle cell fusion

(2009) R. L. Sohn et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Syncytin-A knockout mice demonstrate the critical role in placentation of a fusogenic, endogenous retrovirus-derived, envelope gene

(2009) A. Dupressoir et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Characterization of the first FGFRL1 mutation identified in a craniosynostosis patient

(2008) Thorsten Rieckmann et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE

Identifying specific protein interaction partners using quantitative mass spectrometry and bead proteomes

(2008) Laura Trinkle-Mulcahy et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

WASP and SCAR have distinct roles in activating the Arp2/3 complex during myoblast fusion

(2008) S. Berger et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Mechanisms of membrane fusion: disparate players and common principles

(2008) Sascha Martens et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Viral membrane fusion

(2008) Stephen C Harrison   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A placenta-specific receptor for the fusogenic, endogenous retrovirus-derived, human syncytin-2

(2008) C. Esnault et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Myoblast Fusion in Fly and Vertebrates: New Genes, New Processes and New Perspectives

(2008) Brian E. Richardson et al.   TRAFFIC

The cell surface receptor FGFRL1 forms constitutive dimers that promote cell adhesion

(2007) Thorsten Rieckmann et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH