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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Oct 5.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Rev. 2002 Mar;102(3):727–757. doi: 10.1021/cr000071g

Figure 16.

Figure 16

Schematic representation of the polymerization-induced phase separation of DOPE and poly-18 leading to the fusion of bilayer vesicles through contact of the enriched DOPE domains. Bilayer contact is postulated to occur through a stalk intermediate which then transforms into an interlamellar attachment (ILA) (aka fusion pore).

(Reprinted with permission from ref 170. Copyright 1996 Springer-Verlag.)