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Abstract
Synthetic peptides representing amino acid residues 1-16 and 1-20, a proposed fusogenic region of the HA-2 subunit of influenza virus hemagglutinin, bind to phosphatidylcholine vesicles with submicromolar dissociation constants. The 1-20, but not the 1-16, peptide appears to adopt a helical conformation when bound to vesicles and cooperatively promotes vesicle fusion.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3571268
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Biol Chem ISSN: 0021-9258 Impact factor: 5.157