Virus membrane-fusion proteins: More than one way to make a hairpin

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-76

  Kielian, Margaret ^a   Rey, Félix A ^b,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

CELL MEMBRANE; CLASSIFICATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; INFECTION; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VIRUS ADSORPTION; VIRUS ENVELOPE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, VIRUS; VIRAL FUSION PROTEINS; VIRAL PHYSIOLOGY; VIRUSES;

EID: 31344432402     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1326     Document Type: Review

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