Mutational analysis of the zippering reaction during flavivirus membrane fusion

Journal of Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 8495-8501

  Pangerl, Karen ^a   Heinz, Franz X ^a   Stiasny, Karin ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME; PHENYLALANINE; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; TRIMERIZATION; VIRUS PARTICLE; ZIPPERING REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRUS INTERNALIZATION;

FLAVIVIRUS; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 80052302239     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.05129-11     Document Type: Article

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