Term Information

Accession
GO:0045026
Name
plasma membrane fusion
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
cell fusion, cell-cell fusion
Alternate IDs
GO:0006947
Definition
The joining of the lipid bilayer membrane that surround a cell with that of another cell, producing a single cell. Source: GOC:mtg_muscle, GOC:elh
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0045026 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of plasma membrane fusion (GO:0045026)
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plasma membrane fusion [is_a relation] is_a  membrane fusion (GO:0061025)
plasma membrane fusion [is_a relation] is_a  plasma membrane organization (GO:0007009)
Children of plasma membrane fusion (GO:0045026)
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plasma membrane fusion involved in cytogamy (GO:0032220) [is_a relation] is_a  plasma membrane fusion
fusion of sperm to egg plasma membrane involved in double fertilization forming a zygote and endosperm (GO:0061936) [is_a relation] is_a  plasma membrane fusion
cell-cell fusion (GO:0140253) [BFO:0000051 relation] BFO:0000051  plasma membrane fusion
fusion of sperm to egg plasma membrane involved in single fertilization (GO:0007342) [is_a relation] is_a  plasma membrane fusion
fusion of sperm to egg plasma membrane involved in double fertilization forming two zygotes (GO:0061935) [is_a relation] is_a  plasma membrane fusion
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