Current Biology
Volume 12, Issue 13, 9 July 2002, Pages R467-R469
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Cell Fusion: An EFFicient Sculptor

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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.

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