Viral membrane fusion: is glycoprotein G of rhabdoviruses a representative of a new class of viral fusion proteins?
Enveloped viruses always gain entry into the cytoplasm by fusion of their lipid envelope with a cell membrane. Some enveloped viruses fuse directly with the host cell plasma membrane after virus binding to the cell receptor. Other enveloped viruses enter the cells by the endocytic pathway, and fusio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2005-06-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2005000600002 |