Envelope conformation

... drying, the viral proteins get cross-linked or otherwise lose their conformation and the lipid membrane degrades. Since HIV requires its envelope in order to be infectous, this also destroys the infective virus. Finally, RNA (HIV's ...

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... in these viruses is the structure of a portion of the surface protein (envelope glycoprotein) and the mode of infection. The envelope glycoproteins ... TM subunits in other (above listed) viruses acquire an alpha-helical conformation when the virus is in its active or fusogenic state. The structure ...

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... in these viruses is the structure of a portion of the surface protein (envelope glycoprotein) and the mode of infection. The envelope glycoproteins ... TM subunits in other (above listed) viruses acquire an alpha-helical conformation when the virus is in its active or fusogenic state. The structure ...

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