Molecular Mechanisms of Membrane Fusion

Calcium-Induced Membrane Fusion: From Liposomes to Cellular Membranes.- Gel Phase Fusion of Dipalmitoyl Phosphatidylcholine Small Unilamellar Vesicles.- Structural Characterization of Lamellar Mg2+ Complexes of Dilauroylphosphatidic Acid Using 31P and 13C NMR.- Lipid Polymorphism, Lipid Asymmetry and Membrane Fusion.- Membrane Fusion Via Intermediates in L?/HII Phase Transitions.- The Influence of Polar Group Identity on the Interactions Between Phospholipid Bilayers.- Intrinsic Colloidal Attraction/Repulsion Between Lipid Bilayers and Strong Attraction Induced by Non-Adsorbing Polymers.- Mechanisms of Membrane Fusion in Acidic Lipid-Cation Systems.- Polar Interfacial Interactions, Hydration Pressure and Membrane Fusion.- Surface Tension, Hydration Energy and Membrane Fusion.- Interactions in Liposomal-Drug Delivery In Vivo and In Vitro.- Drug Delivery By Immunoliposomes.- Osmotic Forces and the Fusion of Biomembranes.- Fusion in Biological and Model Membranes: Similarities and Differences.- Early Steps in the Exocytosis of Secretory Vesicles in Mast Cells.- Electrofusion and Electrotransfection of Cells.- Pre-Selection of B-Lymphocytes by Antigen for Fusion to Myeloma Cells by Pulsed Electric Field (PEF) Method.- The Mechanism of Erythrocyte Ghost Fusion by Electric Field Pulses.- Water-Mediated Effects of PEG on Membrane Properties and Fusion.- Control of Cell Membrane Fusion by Lipid Composition.- Role of Phospholipid Asymmetry in Cellular Membrane Fusion.- Ultrastructural Studies of the Kinetics of Fusion.- pH Triggered Synthetic Peptides: Models for Viral Fusion Sequences.- Membrane Fusion in Model Systems for Exocytosis: Characterization of Chromaffin Granule Fusion Mediated By Synexin and Calelectrin.- Synexin, Calcium and the Hydrophobic Bridge Hypothesis forMembrane Fusion.- Molecular Mechanism of Protein-Mediated Low pH-Induced Membrane Fusions.- pH-Dependent Fusion of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus with Cells: Studies of Mechanism Based on an Allosteric Model.- Properties of a Viral Fusion Protein.- Parameters Affecting the Fusion of Viruses with Artificial and Biological Membranes.- Active Function of Membrane Receptors in Fusion of Enveloped Viruses with Cell Plasma Membranes.- ‘Entry’ of Enveloped Viruses into Liposomes.- Fusion Activity of Influenza Virus and Reconstituted Viral Envelopes: Direct Evidence for Fusion in an Intracellular Acidic Compartment.- Kinetics and Extent of Fusion of Influenza Virus and Sendai Virus with Liposomes.- Strategies for the Investigation of Exocytotic Membrane Fusion.- Enzymatic Regulation of Membrane Fusion During Synchronous Exocytosis in Paramecium Cells.- Studies on the Structure and Function of the Asialoglycoprotein Receptor in the Cell, In Vitro and in Reconstituted Membranes.- Phosphorylation Events in Regulation of Exocytosis.- Geometric Topology of Membrane Fusion: From Secretion to Intercellular Junctions.- ’Slow Artifacts’ in Assays of Lipid Mixing Between Membranes.- Why Fusion Assays Disagree.- Concentration Dependence of DPHpPC Fluorescence Lifetime: Photophysics and Utility for Monitoring Membrane Fusion.- Contributors.- Attendees.