Virus maturation: Dynamics and mechanism of a stabilizing structural transition that leads to infectivity

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 227-236

  Steven, Alasdair C ^a   Heymann, J Bernard ^a   Cheng, Naiqian ^a   Trus, Benes L ^a,b   Conway, James F ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY PROTEIN; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CAPSID PROTEIN; PORTAL PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SCAFFOLDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

BACTERIOPHAGE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 17044440108     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2005.03.008     Document Type: Review

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