Formation of raft-like assemblies within clusters of influenza hemagglutinin observed by MD simulations.

The association of hemagglutinin (HA) with lipid rafts in the plasma membrane is an important feature of the assembly process of influenza virus A. Lipid rafts are thought to be small, fluctuating patches of membrane enriched in saturated phospholipids, sphingolipids, cholesterol and certain types o...

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Main Authors: Daniel L Parton, Alex Tek, Marc Baaden, Mark S P Sansom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-04-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3623702?pdf=render