An Alphavirus E2 Membrane-Proximal Domain Promotes Envelope Protein Lateral Interactions and Virus Budding
Alphaviruses are members of a group of small enveloped RNA viruses that includes important human pathogens such as Chikungunya virus and the equine encephalitis viruses. The virus membrane is covered by a lattice composed of 80 spikes, each a trimer of heterodimers of the E2 and E1 transmembrane pro...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2017-11-01
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Series: | mBio |
Online Access: | http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/8/6/e01564-17 |