title: What Came First-the Virus or the Egg?
abstract: Three recent studies find that the single-pass transmembrane protein HAP2 mediates gamete fusion and is remarkably similar to class II fusion proteins found in viruses such as dengue and Zika.
authors.affiliation: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: domsr@email.chop.edu.
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Doms
mesh_terms: D003715:Dengue; D005854:Germ Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000071244:Zika Virus; D000071243:Zika Virus Infection
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins