Antonov P A
Department of Physics and Biophysics, Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 1990 Mar 9;1051(3):279-81. doi: 10.1016/0167-4889(90)90134-y.
This communication provides evidence that the thermo-osmotically induced membrane defects and fluxes occurring in plant protoplasts may initiate internalization and fusion of adjacent cells. This phenomenon is called thermofusion of cells.