Mutations at two conserved acidic amino acids in the glycoprotein of vesicular stomatitis virus affect pH-dependent conformational changes and reduce the pH threshold for membrane fusion

Virology

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-57

  Fredericksen, Brenda L ^a   Whitt, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0029914834     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1996.0092     Document Type: Article

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