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Lysolecithin will induce cell fusion in several different types of cell, and both multinucleated syncytia and heterokaryons can be formed.
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POOLE, A., HOWELL, J. & LUCY, J. Lysolecithin and Cell Fusion. Nature 227, 810–814 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227810a0
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