title: Plasma membrane compartmentation, related to the mechanism of myxo- and paramyxovirus invasion, to receptor mobility and membrane balance.
abstract: According to the model of plasma membrane compartmentation into functional endocytosis-exocytosis units it is suggested that the respective compartments may also take part in the receptor mediated internalization of viruses. The primary effect of myxo- and paramyxovirus invasion would consist in the intercalation of new microzones in the recycling of the host cell membrane. Viral receptor lateral mobility is a result of the zonal migration of the entire plasmalemma, due to the processes of exocytosis and endocytosis, continuously adding and removing, respectively, different membrane microzones.
mesh_terms: D002451:Cell Compartmentation; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000382:microbiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004705:Endocytosis; D005089:Exocytosis; D008954:Models, Biological; D009975:Orthomyxoviridae / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D010252:Paramyxoviridae / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D011991:Receptors, Virus / Q000502:physiology; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D011991:Receptors, Virus; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins