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The "Tilted Peptide Theory" links membrane insertion properties and fusogenicity of viral fusion peptides.
Protein and peptide letters - 1 Jan 2009
Charloteaux B, Lorin A, Brasseur R, Lins L
Abstract excerpt
Class I fusion glycoproteins of viruses are involved in the fusion between viral envelope and cell membrane. A region located in the N-terminal domain of these glycoproteins, called the fusion peptide, is essential for fusion. Fusion peptides are able to induce by themselves in vitro membrane fus...
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