Proteolytic cleavage of the fusion protein but not membrane fusion is required for measles virus-induced immunosuppression in vitro

Journal of Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1985-1993

  Weidmann, Armin ^a   Maisner, Andrea ^b   Garten, Wolfgang ^b   Seufert, Marion ^a   Ter Meulen, Volker ^a   Schneider Schaulies, Sibylle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FURIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEASLES VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELL MEMBRANE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HEMAGGLUTININS, VIRAL; HUMANS; MEASLES VIRUS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; VERO CELLS; VIRAL FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0033934369     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.74.4.1985-1993.2000     Document Type: Article

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