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The nucleocapsid-binding spike subunit E2 of Semliki Forest virus requires complex formation with the E1 subunit for activity.
Journal of virology - 1 Oct 1997
Barth B U, Garoff H
Abstract excerpt
Alphaviruses, such as Semliki Forest virus (SFV), mature by budding at the plasma membrane (PM) of infected cells and enter uninfected ones by a membrane fusion process in the endosomes. Both processes are directed by the p62/E2-E1 membrane protein heterodimer of the virus. The p62 protein, or its mature form E2, provides a cytoplasmic protein domain for interaction with the nucleocapsid (NC) of the virus, and...
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