Enveloped viruses: a common mode of membrane fusion?.

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Enveloped viruses: a common mode of membrane fusion?.

Curr Biol. 1997 Sep 1;7(9):R565-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/97431713
Hughson FM; Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New; Jersey 08544, USA. fhughson@molbiol.princeton.edu

Abstract: Viruses use elaborate stratagems to enter cells. The HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein, which mediates both attachment and membrane fusion, has grudgingly begun to yield high-resolution structural information that suggests mechanistic similarities with the hemagglutinin protein of influenza virus.
Keywords: *Membrane Fusion *Viral Envelope Proteins/PHYSIOLOGYKWDmembranefusionKWDviralenvelopeproteins/physiology
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