Semliki Forest virus produced in the absence of the 6K protein has an altered spike structure as revealed by decreased membrane fusion capacity

Virology

Volumn 325, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 200-206

  McInerney, Gerald M ^a   Smit, Jolanda M ^b   Liljeström, Peter ^a,c   Wilschut, Jan ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assembly; Budding; Virus fusion

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LIPOSOME; MUTANT PROTEIN; VIRUS FUSION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS TYPING; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE FUSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

RABBIT FIBROMA VIRUS; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS;

EID: 3142532629     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2004.04.043     Document Type: Article

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