Structures of vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein: Membrane fusion revisited

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1716-1728

  Roche, S ^a,b   Albertini, A A V ^a   Lepault, J ^a   Bressanelli, S ^a   Gaudin, Y ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformational change; Glycoprotein; Membrane fusion; Paramyxovirus; Rhabdovirus; Vesicular stomatitis virus; Viral entry

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; THROMBOSPONDIN; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURFACE; ENDOCYTOSIS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RHABDOVIRUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STOMATITIS; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RHABDOVIRIDAE; VESICULAR STOMATITIS INDIANA VIRUS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRUS INTERNALIZATION;

PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; RHABDOVIRIDAE; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 44749085794     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-008-7534-3     Document Type: Review

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