Exploiting the kinesin-1 molecular motor to generate a virus membrane penetration site

oleh: Madhu Sudhan Ravindran, Martin F. Engelke, Kristen J. Verhey, Billy Tsai

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-05-01

Deskripsi

How non-enveloped viruses cross host membranes is incompletely understood. Here, Ravindranet al. show that polyomavirus SV40 recruits kinesin-1 to construct a penetration site on the ER membrane.