Cell fusion: EFF is enough.
Developmentally programmed cell-cell fusion in Caenorhabditis elegans requires the EFF-1 protein, which is sufficient to cause normally non-fusing cells to fuse. EFF-1 localizes to fusion-fated membranes, implicating it as a direct fusogen.
Kontani
Kenji
K
Department of MCD Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA.
Rothman
Joel H
JH
D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002459:Cell Fusion; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary
D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; C470734:EFF-1 protein, C elegans; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins