Mayo researchers describe measles viral protein movement

Monday, January 10, 2011 - 22:50 in Biology & Nature

Mayo Clinic researchers have shown that proteins on the surface of a cell twist a viral protein into position, allowing the virus to start infection and cause disease, all in a movement as graceful as a ballroom dance. The findings appear in the current online issue of Nature Structural & Molecular Biology.

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