▪ Abstract Viral envelope glycoproteins promote viral infection by mediating the fusion of the
viral membrane with the host-cell membrane. Structural and biochemical studies of two viral …

Conclusions The results reviewed suggest that membrane fusion in diverse biological fusion
reactions involves formation of some specific intermediates: stalks and pores. Energy of …

Hemagglutinin (HA) is the viral protein that facilitates the entry of influenza viruses into host
cells. This protein controls two critical aspects of entry: virus binding and membrane fusion …

Common themes are emerging from the study of viral, cell-cell, intracellular, and liposome
fusion. Viral and cellular membrane fusion events are mediated by fusion proteins or fusion …

BACKGROUND: The tripeptide γ-glutamylcysteinylglycine or glutathione (GSH) has
demonstrated protective abilities against the detrimental effects of oxidative stress within the …

Specific fusion of biological membranes is a central requirement for many cellular
processes. 1 Membrane fusion involves the merging of the membranes of two different …

We have monitored fusion between cell pairs consisting of a single human
immunodeficiency virus–1 (HIV-1) envelope glycoprotein–expressing cell and a CD4+ target …

The membrane fusion activities of the isolated single-envelope intracellular form of vaccinia
virus (INV) and the double-envelope extracellular (EEV) form were studied by using a lipid …

Our results show that the mechanism by which influenza virus fuses with target membranes
involves sequential complex changes in the hemagglutinin (HA, the viral fusion protein) and …

This review describes the numerous and innovative methods used to study the structure and
function of viral fusion peptides. The systems studied include both intact fusion proteins and …