English

Adjective

fusogenic ‎(not comparable)

1. Facilitating fusion, especially relating to cells.
   • 2009 January 23, Thomas C. Sudhof & James E. Rothman, “Membrane Fusion: Grappling with SNARE and SM Proteins”, in Science, volume 323, number 5913, DOI:10.1126/science.1161748:

     Only a dozen or so SNARE combinations are fusogenic, corresponding to the known transport processes in the cell; hence, SNAREs can impart considerable specificity to membrane fusion.

2. Of or pertaining to a fusogen.

Derived terms

• fusogenic vesicle
• fusogenic lipid
• fusogenic liposome