Role of Hydrophobic Residues in the Central Ectodomain of gp41 in Maintaining the Association between Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Envelope Glycoprotein Subunits gp120 and gp41

Journal of Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 4921-4926

  York, Joanne ^a   Nunberg, Jack H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 41; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CELL SURFACE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DISULFIDE BOND; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VIRION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; GIANT CELLS; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP41; HIV-1; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE FUSION; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 4544373403     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.9.4921-4926.2004     Document Type: Article

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