The measles virus structure and the function of F protein (IMAGE)

Kyushu University

The measles virus structure and the function of F protein

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The measles virus is an enveloped virus bearing a lipid bilayer. The bilayer holds the receptor binding hemagglutinin (H) protein and the fusion (F) protein. For infection to happen, the H protein first binds to a receptor on the target cell, and then the F protein changes its conformation to fuse the membranes.

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Kyushu University/Hidetaka Harada/Yuta Shirogane

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