FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term symbiont-mediated induction of syncytium formation ID (Ontology) GO:0060141 (Gene Ontology)
Definition A process in which a symbiont initiates, promotes, or enhances the formation of a syncytium, a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei enclosed within a single plasma membrane, by the fusion of the plasma membranes of two or more individual host cells. Syncytia are produced by viruses that are able to fuse directly at the cell surface without requiring endocytosis.
Also Known As "positive regulation of syncytium formation by virus" ; "syncytium formation induced by viral infection"
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    "syncytium formation induced by viral infection" EXACT
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VZ:5957