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Functional analysis of the transmembrane domain in paramyxovirus F protein-mediated membrane fusion.
Journal of molecular biology - 13 Feb 2009
Bissonnette Mei Lin Z, Donald Jason E, DeGrado William F, Jardetzky Theodore S, Lamb Robert A
Abstract excerpt
To enter cells, enveloped viruses use fusion-mediating glycoproteins to facilitate the merger of the viral and host cell membranes. These glycoproteins undergo large-scale irreversible refolding during membrane fusion. The paramyxovirus parainfluenza virus 5 mediates membrane merger through its fusion protein (F). The transmembrane (TM) domains of viral fusion proteins are typically required for fusion. The TM...
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