Determination of the minimal fusion peptide of bovine leukemia virus gp30

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 355, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 649-653

  Lorin, Aurélien ^a   Lins, Laurence ^a   Stroobant, Vincent ^b   Brasseur, Robert ^a   Charloteaux, Benoit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ATR FTIR; BLV; Fusion peptide; HIV 1; Infrared spectroscopy; Leakage; Lipid mixing; Membrane fusion; Molecular modelling; Tilted peptide

Indexed keywords

VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL FUSION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEPTIDES; RETROVIRIDAE PROTEINS, ONCOGENIC; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL FUSION PROTEINS;

BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 33847321519     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.01.182     Document Type: Article

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