An epitope of the Semliki Forest virus fusion protein exposed during virus-membrane fusion

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 10029-10039

  Ahn, Anna ^a   Klimjack, Matthew R ^a   Chatterjee, Prodyot K ^a   Kielian, Margaret ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; EPITOPE; GLYCINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS MUTATION;

EID: 0032758908     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.12.10029-10039.1999     Document Type: Article

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