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Schematic of hemifusion intermediate (the stalk) and nascent fusion pore. Negative curvature of phosphatidylethanolamine lipids (DOPE, red) might be expected to enhance hemifusion (fusion of proximal leaflets) as suggested at a and b, but to inhibit core fusion (fusion of the distal leaflets) as suggested at d.
