Crystal structures of beta- and gammaretrovirus fusion proteins reveal a role for electrostatic stapling in viral entry

Journal of Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 143-153

  Aydin, Halil ^a   Cook, Jonathan D ^a   Lee, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA HAIRPIN; LIFE CYCLE; LIPID BILAYER; MASON PFIZER MONKEY VIRUS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; VIRUS ENTRY; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS TITRATION; XENOTROPIC MULV RELATED VIRUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETARETROVIRUS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTALLIZATION; GAMMARETROVIRUS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STATIC ELECTRICITY; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 84890887317     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02023-13     Document Type: Article

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