An Influenza A Vaccine Based on Tetrameric Ectodomain of Matrix Protein 2
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An influenza A vaccine based on tetrameric ectodomain of matrix protein 2.
Matrix protein 2 (M2) of influenza A is a tetrameric type III membrane protein that functions as a proton-selective channel. The extracellular domain (M2e) has remained nearly invariable since the first human influenza strain was isolated in 1933. By linking a modified form of the leucine zipper of the yeast transcription factor GCN4 to M2e, we obtained a recombinant tetrameric protein, M2e-tGC...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biological Chemistry
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0021-9258
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m800650200