Structural basis for membrane fusion by enveloped viruses

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-9

  Weissenhorn, W ^a,d   Dessen, A ^a,e   Calder, L J ^a   Harrison, S C ^a,b   Skehel, J J ^c   Wiley, D C ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (France)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola virus Gp2; HIV gp41; Influenza virus haemagglutinin; Membrane fusion

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 41; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EBOLA VIRUS; FILOVIRIDAE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MEMBRANE FUSION; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RETROVIRUS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS ENVELOPE;

EID: 0032902197     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096876899294706     Document Type: Conference Paper

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