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TWiV 507: The fusion of form and function

19 August 2018 by Vincent Racaniello

The TWiV team discuss the biology of Ebola viruses, and how localization of the membrane proteins of vaccinia virus drive function: the fusion machinery sits at the tips of virions, and binding proteins are at the sides.

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Filed Under: This Week in Virology Tagged With: ebola virus, fusion machinery, membrane protein, outbreak, polarized virus proteins, Smithsonian Institution, spillover, super-resolution microscopy, vaccinia virus, viral, virology, virus, viruses, zoonosis

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