Rare earth ions block the ion pores generated by the class II fusion proteins of alphaviruses and allow analysis of the biological functions of these pores

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3311-3320

  Koschinski, Andreas ^a   Wengler, Gerd ^b   Wengler, Gisela ^b   Repp, Holger ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY GIESSEN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; FURA 2; LANTHANIDE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; TOXIN; VIRUS FUSION PROTEIN;

ALPHA VIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOSOME; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ION PERMEABILITY; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ALPHAVIRUS; CALCIUM; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE FUSION PROTEINS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT MODULATORS; METALS, RARE EARTH; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PLAQUE ASSAY; PROPIDIUM; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMALIA; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS; SINDBIS VIRUS;

EID: 28044453310     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.81096-0     Document Type: Article

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