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A Quantitative and Kinetic Fusion Protein-Triggering Assay Can Discern Distinct Steps in the Nipah Virus Membrane Fusion Cascade
3 Jun 2010
Abstract excerpt
The deadly paramyxovirus Nipah virus (NiV) contains a fusion glycoprotein (F) with canonical structural and functional features common to its class. Receptor binding to the NiV attachment glycoprotein (G) triggers F to undergo a two-phase conformational cascade: the first phase progresses from a metastable prefusion state to a prehairpin intermediate (PHI), while the second phase is marked by transition from the...
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