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Virology of measles virus.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Nov 1994
Bellini W J, Rota J S, Rota P A
Abstract excerpt
Measles virus is the prototypic member of the Morbillivirus genus of the family Paramyxoviridae. The viral genomic RNA is single-stranded, nonsegmented, and of negative polarity and encodes six major structural proteins. The two viral transmembrane glycoproteins, the hemagglutinin and fusion proteins, are both required for virus-host cell membrane fusion, while attachment to host cells is mediated by the...
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