Evolutionary conservation of the membrane fusion machine

IUBMB Life

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-156

  Poumbourios, Pantelis ^b   Center, Rob J ^a,b   Wilson, Kirilee A ^b   Kemp, Bruce E ^b   Kobe, Bostjan ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ebola virus; Human immunodeficiency virus; Human T cell leukemia virus; Influenza virus; Membrane fusion; SNARE; Vesicle fusion

Indexed keywords

VIRUS FUSION PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RETROVIRUS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EBOLAVIRUS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRAL FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0032706990     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/152165499307152     Document Type: Review

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