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Rigid proteins and softening of biological membranes—with application to HIV-induced cell membrane softening

A key step in the HIV-infection process is the fusion of the virion membrane with the target cell membrane and the concomitant transfer of the viral RNA. Experimental evidence suggests that the fusion is preceded by considerable elastic softening of the cell membranes due to the insertion of fusion...

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Autores principales: Agrawal, Himani, Zelisko, Matthew, Liu, Liping, Sharma, Pradeep
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4858729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27149877
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep25412