Coronavirus envelope protein: A small membrane protein with multiple functions

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 2043-2048

  Liu, D X ^a,b   Yuan, Q ^b   Liao, Y ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Biochemical properties; Coronavirus; Envelope protein; Membrane topology; Virion assembly; Viroporin

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN E; ION CHANNEL; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; AVIAN INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL INTERACTION; CORONAVIRUS; HOST CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MORPHOGENESIS; MURINE HEPATITIS CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SHORT SURVEY; VIRION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CORONAVIRUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CORONAVIRUS; ION CHANNELS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRION;

EID: 35248821836     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-007-7103-1     Document Type: Short Survey

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