The Structural Dynamics of the Flavivirus Fusion Peptide-Membrane Interaction

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Mendes, Ygara S ^a   Alves, Nathalia S ^a   Souza, Theo L F ^a   Sousa, Ivanildo P ^b   Bianconi, M Lucia ^a,c   Bernardi, Rafael C ^a   Pascutti, Pedro G ^a   Silva, Jerson L ^a   Gomes, Andre M O ^a   Oliveira, Andréa C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Technologia em Imunobiologicos   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; FUSION PEPTIDE; GLYCOPROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; INDOLE; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DESIGN; ENDOSOME; FLAVIVIRUS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE MODEL; MICELLIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE CHARGE; VIRUS ENVELOPE;

EID: 84867680547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047596     Document Type: Article

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