Natural Selection of Glycoprotein B Mutations That Rescue the Small-Plaque Phenotype of a Fusion-Impaired Herpes Simplex Virus Mutant

ABSTRACT Glycoprotein B (gB) is a conserved viral fusion protein that is required for herpesvirus entry. To mediate fusion with the cellular membrane, gB refolds from a prefusion to a postfusion conformation. We hypothesize that an interaction between the C-terminal arm and the central coiled coil o...

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Main Authors: Qing Fan, Sarah J. Kopp, Nina C. Byskosh, Sarah A. Connolly, Richard Longnecker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-11-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01948-18