Structure of the fusion core and inhibition of fusion by a heptad repeat peptide derived from the S protein of middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus

Journal of Virology

Volumn 87, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 13134-13140

  Gao, Jing ^a,b   Lu, Guangwen ^a   Qi, Jianxun ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Wu, Ying ^a   Deng, Yao ^c   Geng, Heyuan ^c   Li, Hongbin ^a   Wang, Qihui ^a   Xiao, Haixia ^d   Tan, Wenjie ^c   Yan, Jinghua ^a   Gao, George F ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPTAD REPEAT 1 PROTEIN; HEPTAD REPEAT 2 PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS FUSION CORE PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS SPIKE PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DRUG DESIGN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE FUSION; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOTYPING; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS ENTRY; VIRUS INHIBITION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CORONAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CORONAVIRUS; CRYSTALLIZATION; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPIKE GLYCOPROTEIN, CORONAVIRUS; VIRUS INTERNALIZATION;

EID: 84888052193     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02433-13     Document Type: Article

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