Molecular dissection of the assembly and morphogenesis processes of corona virus- the essential roles of the viral envelope protein.

• Main Author: Liu, Ding Xiang.
• Other Authors: Liu Ding Xiang
• Format: Research Report
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/6561
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

To promote viral entry, replication, release and spread to neighboring cells, many cytolytic animal viruses encode proteins responsible for modification of host cell membrane permeability and for formation of ion channels in host cell membranes during their life cycles. In this study, we show that t...