Characterization of the functional requirements of West Nile virus membrane fusion

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 389-393

  Moesker, Bastiaan ^a   Rodenhuis Zybert, Izabela A ^a   Meijerhof, Tjarko ^a   Wilschut, Jan ^a   Smit, Jolanda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPOSOME; PYRENE;

ACIDITY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KINETICS; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS PARTICLE; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HAMSTER; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER;

WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE FUSION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 76249130667     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.015255-0     Document Type: Article

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