title: Study of the influence of salt concentration on Newcastle disease virus matrix protein aggregation.
abstract: The aggregation process of Newcastle disease virus matrix protein (M protein) has been studied using light scattering. We observed that the aggregation of M protein is inversely correlated with ionic strength and that this process can be reversed by high salt concentrations. It was found that the oligomeric structure of NDV matrix protein is different from those described earlier for other matrix proteins of enveloped viruses.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sagrera
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cobaleda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Marcos
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shnyrov
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Villar
mesh_terms: D008027:Light; D009522:Newcastle disease virus / Q000737:chemistry*; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins; D012965:Sodium Chloride