Structural and functional characterization of the human respiratory syncytial virus small hydrophobic protein

• Main Author: Gan, Siok Wan
• Other Authors: Jaume Torres
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology::Virology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/42676
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The small hydrophobic (SH) protein is a transmembrane surface glycoprotein encoded by the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). It is 64 amino acids long with one putative transmembrane domain. Although SH protein is important for viral infectivity, its exact role during viral infection is not clear. I...