Hemifusion between cells expressing hemagglutinin of influenza virus and planar membranes can precede the formation of fusion pores that subsequently fully enlarge

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3144-3151

  Razinkov, Vladimir I ^a   Melikyan, Grigory B ^a   Cohen, Fredric S ^a  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CELL FUSION; CHANNEL GATING; FLUORESCENCE; INFLUENZA VIRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0032785902     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77144-4     Document Type: Article

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