Fusion with, or penetration through, cell membranes might involve multimolecular protein complexes and requires structural rearrangements of membrane lipids. Inhibitors of virus entry can prevent ...

Although it is known that molecules with anti-HIV activity circulate in human blood, their identification has been hampered by difficulties in the purification and characterization of such compounds.

RSV F proteins sit on the viral surface, ready to engage with host cell receptors and regulate the virus's fusion and entry into the host cell. The scientists' images reveal that in RSV ...