Abstract
How viruses manage to resist physical and chemical stress and yet open their protective coats during cell infection has been a longstanding, fundamental question. A study with the DNA tumour virus SV40 now shows that protein folding and quality-control factors of the endoplasmic reticulum reshuffle disulfide bonds within the viral capsid, providing a molecular mechanism for the exit of infectious virions from the endoplasmic reticulum.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 9-11 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Nature cell biology |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cell Biology