Cholesterol is required in the exit pathway of Semliki Forest virus

The enveloped alphavirus Semliki Forest virus (SFV) infects cells via a membrane fusion reaction triggered by low pH. For fusion to occur cholesterol is required in the target membrane, as demonstrated both in in vitro fusion assays and in vivo for virus infection of a host cell. In this paper we ex...

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Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1993
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2119816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8408205