Membrane fusion mediated by the influenza virus hemagglutinin requires the concerted action of at least three hemagglutinin trimers

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 559-569

  Danieli, Tsafi ^b,c   Pelletier, Sandra L ^a   Henis, Yoav I ^c   White, Judith M ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHODAMINE; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FLUORESCENCE; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL FUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HEMAGGLUTININS, VIRAL; MICE; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 0029898564     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.133.3.559     Document Type: Article

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