Identification of specific histidines as pH sensors in flavivirus membrane fusion

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 353-361

  Fritz, Richard ^a   Stiasny, Karin ^a   Heinz, Franz X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS ENVELOPE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL STRAIN COS1; CERCOPITHECUS; CHEMISTRY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; VIRION;

FLAVIVIRUS; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

HISTIDINE; LIPOSOME; PEPTIDE; PYRENE; PYRENE DERIVATIVE; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS FUSION PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; HISTIDINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE FUSION; MUTATION; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PYRENES; THERMODYNAMICS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL FUSION PROTEINS; VIRION;

EID: 55949108725     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200806081     Document Type: Article

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