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Intracellular membrane fusion has been mimicked _in vitro_ using a mix of 17 purified proteins and lipid bilayers. This technical tour de force allows the study of how cells orchestrate and

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AFFILIATIONS * Ruth N. Collins is in the Department of Molecular Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA. [email protected], Ruth N. Collins * Joshua Zimmerberg is in the

Program in Physical Biology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1855, USA.

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