The fusogenic synapse at a glance

How cells fuse

(2019) Nicolas G. Brukman et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Drosophila Myoblast Fusion: Invasion and Resistance for the Ultimate Union

(2019) Donghoon M. Lee et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Spectrin is a mechanoresponsive protein shaping fusogenic synapse architecture during myoblast fusion

(2018) Rui Duan et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Myomaker and Myomerger Work Independently to Control Distinct Steps of Membrane Remodeling during Myoblast Fusion

(2018) Evgenia Leikina et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Cell fusion potentiates tumor heterogeneity and reveals circulating hybrid cells that correlate with stage and survival

(2018) Charles E. Gast et al.   Science Advances

ArabidopsisHAP2/GCS1 is a gamete fusion protein homologous to somatic and viral fusogens

(2017) Clari Valansi et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Srf controls satellite cell fusion through the maintenance of actin architecture

(2017) Voahangy Randrianarison-Huetz et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Control of muscle formation by the fusogenic micropeptide myomixer

(2017) Pengpeng Bi et al.   SCIENCE

Acting on identity: Myoblast fusion and the formation of the syncytial muscle fiber

(2017) Su Deng et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The microprotein Minion controls cell fusion and muscle formation

(2017) Qiao Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Myomerger induces fusion of non-fusogenic cells and is required for skeletal muscle development

(2017) Malgorzata E. Quinn et al.   Nature Communications

Myoblast fusion: Experimental systems and cellular mechanisms

(2016) Eyal D. Schejter   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Stabilin-2 modulates the efficiency of myoblast fusion during myogenic differentiation and muscle regeneration

(2016) Seung-Yoon Park et al.   Nature Communications

RAB-5- and DYNAMIN-1-Mediated Endocytosis of EFF-1 Fusogen Controls Cell-Cell Fusion

(2016) Ksenia Smurova et al.   Cell Reports

Mechanisms of myoblast fusion during muscle development

(2015) Ji Hoon Kim et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT

Mechanical Tension Drives Cell Membrane Fusion

(2015) Ji Hoon Kim et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Surface apposition and multiple cell contacts promote myoblast fusion inDrosophilaflight muscles

(2015) Nagaraju Dhanyasi et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

A formin-nucleated actin aster concentrates cell wall hydrolases for cell fusion in fission yeast

(2015) Omaya Dudin et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

EFF-1-mediated regenerative axonal fusion requires components of the apoptotic pathway

(2015) Brent Neumann et al.   NATURE

HACD1, a regulator of membrane composition and fluidity, promotes myoblast fusion and skeletal muscle growth

(2015) Jordan Blondelle et al.   Journal of Molecular Cell Biology

The Formin Diaphanous Regulates Myoblast Fusion through Actin Polymerization and Arp2/3 Regulation

(2015) Su Deng et al.   PLoS Genetics

Extracellular Architecture of the SYG-1/SYG-2 Adhesion Complex Instructs Synaptogenesis

(2014) Engin Özkan et al.   CELL

Structural Basis of Eukaryotic Cell-Cell Fusion

(2014) Jimena Pérez-Vargas et al.   CELL

PI(4,5)P2 regulates myoblast fusion through Arp2/3 regulator localization at the fusion site

(2014) I. Bothe et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Dynamin and endocytosis are required for the fusion of osteoclasts and myoblasts

(2014) Nah-Young Shin et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Tethering Membrane Fusion: Common and Different Players in Myoblasts and at the Synapse

(2014) Susanne Filiz Önel et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROGENETICS

G-protein coupled receptor BAI3 promotes myoblast fusion in vertebrates

(2014) N. Hamoud et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Spectrins: A structural platform for stabilization and activation of membrane channels, receptors and transporters

(2013) Beata Machnicka et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Extracellular annexins and dynamin are important for sequential steps in myoblast fusion

(2013) Evgenia Leikina et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Phosphatidylserine receptor BAI1 and apoptotic cells as new promoters of myoblast fusion

(2013) Amelia E. Hochreiter-Hufford et al.   NATURE

Myomaker is a membrane activator of myoblast fusion and muscle formation

(2013) Douglas P. Millay et al.   NATURE

Actin-Propelled Invasive Membrane Protrusions Promote Fusogenic Protein Engagement During Cell-Cell Fusion

(2013) K. Shilagardi et al.   SCIENCE

Genetic basis of cell–cell fusion mechanisms

(2013) Pablo S. Aguilar et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Myoblast fusion: lessons from flies and mice

(2012) S. M. Abmayr et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Group I PAKs function downstream of Rac to promote podosome invasion during myoblast fusion in vivo

(2012) Rui Duan et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Dock mediates Scar- and WASp-dependent actin polymerization through interaction with cell adhesion molecules in founder cells and fusion-competent myoblasts

(2012) Balasankara Reddy Kaipa et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Antigen Recognition Is Facilitated by Invadosome-like Protrusions Formed by Memory/Effector T Cells

(2012) P. T. Sage et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

The actin regulator N-WASp is required for muscle-cell fusion in mice

(2012) Y. Gruenbaum-Cohen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phosphatidylserine directly and positively regulates fusion of myoblasts into myotubes

(2011) Jaemin Jeong et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

The actin nucleator WASp is required for myoblast fusion during adult Drosophila myogenesis

(2011) P. Mukherjee et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Asymmetric Mbc, active Rac1 and F-actin foci in the fusion-competent myoblasts during myoblast fusion in Drosophila

(2011) S. Haralalka et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Competition between Blown Fuse and WASP for WIP Binding Regulates the Dynamics of WASP-Dependent Actin Polymerization In Vivo

(2011) Peng Jin et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

CD4+ T-cell synapses involve multiple distinct stages

(2011) H. Ueda et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An invasive podosome-like structure promotes fusion pore formation during myoblast fusion

(2010) Kristin L. Sens et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Structure and control of the actin regulatory WAVE complex

(2010) Zhucheng Chen et al.   NATURE

A nucleator arms race: cellular control of actin assembly

(2010) Kenneth G. Campellone et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

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

(2009) C. Shelton et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Myoblast fusion: When it takes more to make one

(2009) Kate Rochlin et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

(2009) Boaz Gildor et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Nap1-mediated actin remodeling is essential for mammalian myoblast fusion

(2009) S. J. Nowak et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

The small G-proteins Rac1 and Cdc42 are essential for myoblast fusion in the mouse

(2009) E. Vasyutina et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The WAVE/SCAR complex promotes polarized cell movements and actin enrichment in epithelia during C. elegans embryogenesis

(2008) Falshruti B. Patel et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Dependence of myoblast fusion on a cortical actin wall and nonmuscle myosin IIA

(2008) Rui Duan et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Viral and Developmental Cell Fusion Mechanisms: Conservation and Divergence

(2008) Amir Sapir et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

The conserved plant sterility gene HAP2 functions after attachment of fusogenic membranes in Chlamydomonas and Plasmodium gametes

(2008) Y. Liu et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Myoblasts and macrophages share molecular components that contribute to cell–cell fusion

(2008) Kostandin V. Pajcini 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

The atypical Rac activator Dock180 (Dock1) regulates myoblast fusion in vivo

(2008) M. Laurin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Drosophila ELMO/CED-12 interacts with Myoblast city to direct myoblast fusion and ommatidial organization

(2007) Erika R. Geisbrecht et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY