Membrane fusion is an essential process for the survival of eukaryotes and the entry of
enveloped viruses into host cells. A proper understanding of the mechanism of membrane …

The global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), has led to an unprecedented worldwide …

Membrane fusion is an important process for the survival of eukaryotes. The shape of lipids
plays an important role in fusion by stabilizing nonlamellar fusion intermediates. Lipids with …

Fusion peptides comprise conserved hydrophobic domains absolutely required for the
fusogenic activity of glycoproteins from divergent virus families. After 30 years of intensive …

Membrane fusion, one of the most essential processes in the life of eukaryotes, occurs when
two separate lipid bilayers merge into a continuous bilayer and internal contents of two …

The emerging and re-emerging viral diseases are continuous threats to the wellbeing of
human life. Previous outbreaks of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle …

Viral infections, fertilization, neurotransmission, and many other fundamental biological
processes rely on membrane fusion. Straightforward calculations based on the celebrated …

Viral membrane fusion is an orchestrated process triggered by membrane-anchored viral
fusion glycoproteins. The S2 subunit of the spike glycoprotein from severe acute respiratory …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) offer significant hope in the fight against antibiotic resistance.
Operating via a mechanism different from that of antibiotics, they target the microbial …

Enveloped viruses enter cells via a process of membrane fusion between the viral envelope
and a cellular membrane. For influenza virus, mutational data have shown that the …