Characterization of a Membrane-Associated Trimeric Low-pH-Induced Form of the Class II Viral Fusion Protein E from Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus and Its Crystallization

Journal of Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3178-3183

  Stiasny, Karin ^a   Bressanelli, Stéphane ^a,b   Lepault, Jean ^b   Rey, Felix A ^b   Heinz, Franz X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; DIMER; HYBRID PROTEIN; LIPOSOME; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS FUSION PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN E;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE INSERTION; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOLUBILIZATION; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIMERIZATION; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE FUSION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SOLUBILITY; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 1542347705     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.6.3178-3183.2004     Document Type: Article

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