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Mutational analysis of the fusion peptide of Moloney murine leukemia virus transmembrane protein p15E.
Journal of virology - 1 Feb 1998
Zhu N L, Cannon P M, Chen D, Anderson W F
Abstract excerpt
Fusion peptides are hydrophobic sequences located at the N terminus of the transmembrane (TM) envelope proteins of the orthomyxoviruses and paramyxoviruses and several retroviruses. The Moloney murine leukemia virus TM envelope protein, p15E, contains a hydrophobic stretch of amino acids at its N terminus followed by a region rich in glycine and threonine residues. A series of single amino acid substitutions were...
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