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The cellular process that joins two lipid bilayers to form a single membrane. The binding and fusion of a sperm, having penetrated the zona pellucida, with the plasma membrane of the oocyte. Binding occurs at the posterior (post-acrosomal) region of the sperm head. The joining of two or more lipid bilayer membranes that surround a cell. The membrane organization process that joins two lipid bilayers to form a single membrane. The joining of two or more lipid bilayer membranes that surround cells, during cytogamy. A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of a membrane. A membrane is a double layer of lipid molecules that encloses all cells, and, in eukaryotes, many organelles; may be a single or double lipid bilayer; also includes associated proteins.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: plasma membrane fusion
Acc: GO:0045026
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The joining of two or more lipid bilayer membranes that surround a cell.
Synonyms:
  • cell fusion
  • GO:0006947
  • cell-cell fusion
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 17 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 34 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0045026 - plasma membrane fusion (interactive image map)
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