Viral envelope glycoproteins swing into action.
Analysis of tick-borne encephalitis virus E protein reveals considerable structural diversity in the glycoproteins that clothe enveloped viruses and hints at the conformational gyrations in this molecule that lead to viral fusion.
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Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Oxford, UK.
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D000818:Animals; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004669:Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / Q000502:physiology*; D007303:Insect Vectors; D008322:Mammals; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D011991:Receptors, Virus / Q000502:physiology; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D014779:Virus Replication
D011991:Receptors, Virus; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; C065696:glycoprotein E, Flavivirus