Hydrophobic alpha-helices 1 and 2 of herpes simplex virus gH interact with lipids, and their mimetic peptides enhance virus infection and fusion.
Gianni T, Fato R, Bergamini C, Lenaz G, Campadelli-Fiume G.
Gianni T, et al.
J Virol. 2006 Aug;80(16):8190-8. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00504-06.
J Virol. 2006.
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This contrasts with alpha-H1, which cannot be deleted and can be functionally replaced with heterologous fusion peptides (T. Gianni et al., J. Virol. 79:2931-2940, 2005). Synthetic peptides mimicking alpha-H1 and alpha-H2 induced fusion of nude lipid vesicles. ...
This contrasts with alpha-H1, which cannot be deleted and can be functionally replaced with heterologous fusion peptides (T. Giann …