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The paramyxovirus fusion protein C-terminal region: mutagenesis indicates an indivisible protein unit.
Journal of virology - 1 Mar 2012
Zokarkar Aarohi, Lamb Robert A
Abstract excerpt
Paramyxoviruses enter host cells by fusing the viral envelope with a host cell membrane. Fusion is mediated by the viral fusion (F) protein, and it undergoes large irreversible conformational changes to cause membrane merger. The C terminus of PIV5 F contains a membrane-proximal 7-residue external region (MPER), followed by the transmembrane (TM) domain and a 20-residue cytoplasmic tail. To study the sequence...
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