Delay of influenza hemagglutinin refolding into a fusion-competent conformation by receptor binding: A hypothesis

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1415-1427

  Leikina, Eugenia ^a   Markovic, Ingrid ^a   Chernomordik, Leonid V ^a   Kozlov, Michael M ^b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; SIALIC ACID; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SIALIDASE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; DISSOCIATION; HYPOTHESIS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INHIBITION KINETICS; MEMBRANE FUSION; PH; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECEPTOR BINDING; VIRUS ENVELOPE;

EID: 0033855432     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76393-4     Document Type: Article

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