A new protein structure that helps viruses with lipid membranes enter cells discovered
Friday, April 5, 2019 - 08:10
in Biology & Nature
Many viruses, including that perennial winter affliction, the influenza virus, are protected by a lipid membrane on loan from the host cell. The fusion proteins on the surface of the membrane are tasked with merging the lipid membrane of the virus with that of the cell. After this, the virus is able to slip inside the cell, turning it into a virus factory.