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SUBMITTER: Schmidt AG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3004314 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schmidt Aaron G AG Yang Priscilla L PL Harrison Stephen C SC
Journal of virology 20100929 24
Peptides derived from the "stem" of dengue virus (DV) type 2 (DV2) envelope (E) protein inhibit DV2 infectivity, targeting a late-stage fusion intermediate. We show here that stem peptides from all DV serotypes cross-inhibit DV1 to DV4 but that corresponding peptides derived from related flaviviruses do not. This failure to inhibit infection is not due to poor interaction with the E protein but rather to loss of association with the virion membrane. Residues 442 to 444 of the stem are determinan ...[more]