The tryptophan 41 is not essential for the function of the M2 proton channel of influenza A virus

International Congress Series

Volumn 1263, Issue C, 2004, Pages 777-780

  Betakova, Tatiana ^a   Ciampor, Fedor ^a   Hay, Alan J ^b   Deakova, Eva ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b Natl Institute for Medical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Influenza virus; Ion channel; M2 protein

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547578226     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2004.01.028     Document Type: Article

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