Kinetics of proton transport into influenza virions by the viral M2 channel.

M2 protein of influenza A viruses is a tetrameric transmembrane proton channel, which has essential functions both early and late in the virus infectious cycle. Previous studies of proton transport by M2 have been limited to measurements outside the context of the virus particle. We have developed a...

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Main Authors: Tijana Ivanovic, Rutger Rozendaal, Daniel L Floyd, Milos Popovic, Antoine M van Oijen, Stephen C Harrison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3295812?pdf=render