Architecture of a nascent viral fusion pore
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Architecture of a nascent viral fusion pore
Enveloped viruses use specialized protein machinery to fuse the viral membrane with that of the host cell during cell invasion. In influenza virus, hundreds of copies of the haemagglutinin (HA) fusion glycoprotein project from the virus surface. Despite intensive study of HA and its fusion activity, the protein's modus operandi in manipulating viral and target membranes to catalyse their fusion...
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عنوان ژورنال: The EMBO Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0261-4189,1460-2075
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2010.13