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Electron Tomography Imaging of Surface Glycoproteins on Human Parainfluenza Virus 3: Association of Receptor Binding and Fusion Proteins before Receptor Engagement
18 Feb 2015
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UNLABELLED: In order to deliver their genetic material to host cells during infection, enveloped viruses use specialized proteins on their surfaces that bind cellular receptors and induce fusion of the viral and host membranes. In paramyxoviruses, a diverse family of single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) viruses, including several important respiratory pathogens, such as parainfluenza viruses, the attachment and fusion...
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