Amino acids from both N-terminal hydrophobic regions of the Lassa virus envelope glycoprotein GP-2 are critical for pH-dependent membrane fusion and infectivity

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2320-2328

  Klewitz, Christian ^a   Klenk, Hans Dieter ^a   ter Meulen, Jan ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b CRUCELL HOLLAND BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CELL FUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LASSA VIRUS; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VERO CELL; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSFECTION; VERO CELLS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRULENCE; VIRUS ATTACHMENT; VIRUS REPLICATION;

LASSA VIRUS;

EID: 34547585371     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.82950-0     Document Type: Article

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