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Flu channel drug resistance: a tale of two sites.
Protein & cell - 1 Mar 2010
Pielak Rafal M, Chou James J
Abstract excerpt
The M2 proteins of influenza A and B virus, AM2 and BM2, respectively, are transmembrane proteins that oligomerize in the viral membrane to form proton-selective channels. Proton conductance of the M2 proteins is required for viral replication; it is believed to equilibrate pH across the viral membrane during cell entry and across the trans-Golgi membrane of infected cells during viral maturation. In addition to...
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