hemifusionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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hemifusion (plural hemifusions)

1. Partial fusion, or the first stage in full fusion.
   • 2006 August 8, Peter M Kasson et al., “Ensemble molecular dynamics yields submillisecond kinetics and intermediates of membrane fusion”, in PNAS‎, volume 103, number 32, →DOI, archived from the original on 6 March 2025:

     On the submillisecond time scale, long-lived hemifusion intermediates dominate; this population decays over a time scale of several microseconds (t_1/2 = 6.3 μs) to yield fully fused vesicles.