Fusion of lipid vesicles with ascites tumor cells and their lipid-depleted variants studies with radioactive- and fluorescent-labeled vesicles

Manipulating the genetic identity and biochemical surface properties of individual cells with electric-field-induced fusion

“…This finding is consistent with earlier accounts on the impact of the fusion medium on membrane fusion events, like exocytosis (15) and cell-cell fusion (16,17). It has been proposed that the electrofusion enhancement reached by using hypoosmotic fusion media is caused by spectrin denaturation (18,19).…”