The ectodomain of herpes simplex virus glycoprotein H contains a membrane α-helix with attributes of an internal fusion peptide, positionally conserved in the Herpesviridae family

Journal of Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2931-2940

  Gianni, Tatiana ^a   Martelli, Pier Luigi ^a   Casadio, Rita ^a   Campadelli Fiume, Gabriella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 41; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN GB; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN GH; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN GL; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN H;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE FUSION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; COS CELLS; CRICETINAE; DNA, VIRAL; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP41; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSFECTION; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL FUSION PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SIMPLEXVIRUS; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 13944263161     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.79.5.2931-2940.2005     Document Type: Article

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