Hendra virus fusion protein transmembrane domain contributes to pre-fusion protein stability

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• who: Stacy Webb from the Stacy Webb, Tamas Nagy, Hunter Moseley, Michael Fried, and Rebecca Dutch, From the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky , Edited by Charles ESamuel Enveloped viruses utilize fusion (F) proteins studding the surface of the virus to facilitate membrane fusion with a target cell membrane. Fusion of the viral envelope with a cellular membrane is required for release of viral genomic material, so the virus can ultimately reproduce and spread. To drive fusion, the F protein undergoes an irreversible conformational change, transitioning from a metastable pre-fusion conformation . . .
  

   

  

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