On the penetration mechanism of influenza viruses

Huang, R.T.

Behring Institute Mitteilungen 89: 23-26

1991


ISSN/ISBN: 0301-0457
PMID: 1930099
Document Number: 385908
The envelopes of influenza viruses contain in addition to lipids also two glycoproteins, the hemagglutinin and the neuraminidase, that are responsible for the adsorption, receptor splitting, penetration and budding processes of these viruses. In this article, hypotheses presented in the past with regard to the virus penetration are reconsidered. Based on results obtained with the fowl plague virus (influenza A/FPV/Rostock/34, H7N1) and MDCK-cells, we conclude that a fusion between the viral envelope and the plasma membrane is the initial step of virus entry.

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