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IZUMO1 is a sperm fusogen.Brukman N.G., Nakajima K.P., Valansi C., Li X. Higashiyama T., Podbilewicz B. "A novel function for the sperm adhesion protein IZUMO1 in cell–cell fusion" J Cell Biol (2023) 222 (2): e202207147. Link
Tree of FsxAs, surface charge and environments.Moi D., Nishio S., Li X., Valansi C., Langleib M., Brukman N.G., Flyak K., Dessimoz C., de Sanctis D., Tunyasuvunakool K., Jumper J., Grana M., Romero H., Aguilar P.S., Jovine L., Podbilewicz B. (2022) "Discovery of archaeal fusexins homologous to eukaryotic HAP2/GCS1 gamete fusion proteins" Nat Commun 13, 3880 (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31564-1PDF
Arabidopsis HAP2/GCS1 is a gamete fusion protein homologous to somatic and viral fusogensValansi, C., D. Moi, E. Leikina, E. Matveev, M. Graña, L. V. Chernomordik, H. Romero, P. S. Aguilar and B. Podbilewicz (2017). "Arabidopsis HAP2/GCS1 is a gamete fusion protein homologous to somatic and viral fusogens." The Journal of Cell Biology. DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201610093
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Extrinsic Repair of Injured Dendrites as a Paradigm for Regeneration by Fusion in Caenorhabditis elegans.Oren-Suissa, M., Gattegno, T., Kravtsov, V., Podbilewicz, B. (2017).Extrinsic Repair of Injured Dendrites as a Paradigm for Regeneration by Fusion in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Genetics Early online March 10, 2017; DOI: 10.1534/genetics.116.196386

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Structural basis of eukaryotic cell-cell fusionPerez-Vargas, J., Krey, T., Valansi, C., Avinoam, O., Haouz, A., Jamin, M., Raveh-Barak, H., Podbilewicz, B., and Rey, F.A. (2014). Structural basis of eukaryotic cell-cell fusion. Cell 157, 407-419.PDF
Conserved eukaryotic fusogens can fuse viral envelopes to cellsAvinoam, O., Fridman, K., Valansi, C., Abutbul, I., Zeev-Ben-Mordehai, T., Maurer, U.E., Sapir, A., Danino, D., Grunewald, K., White, J.M., et al. (2011). Conserved eukaryotic fusogens can fuse viral envelopes to cells. Science 332, 589-592.PDF
The fusogen EFF-1 controls sculpting of mechanosensory dendritesOren-Suissa, M., Hall, D.H., Treinin, M., Shemer, G., and Podbilewicz, B. (2010). The fusogen EFF-1 controls sculpting of mechanosensory dendrites. Science 328, 1285-1288.PDF