Breaking In: Human Metapneumovirus Fusion and Entry

Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) Binding and Infection Are Mediated by Interactions between the HMPV Fusion Protein and Heparan Sulfate

(2012) A. Chang et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Potential Electrostatic Interactions in Multiple Regions Affect Human Metapneumovirus F-Mediated Membrane Fusion

(2012) Andres Chang et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Localization of a Region in the Fusion Protein of Avian Metapneumovirus That Modulates Cell-Cell Fusion

(2012) Y. Wei et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

The Human Metapneumovirus Fusion Protein Mediates Entry via an Interaction with RGD-Binding Integrins

(2012) R. G. Cox et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Structure of the human metapneumovirus fusion protein with neutralizing antibody identifies a pneumovirus antigenic site

(2012) Xiaolin Wen et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A Critical Phenylalanine Residue in the Respiratory Syncytial Virus Fusion Protein Cytoplasmic Tail Mediates Assembly of Internal Viral Proteins into Viral Filaments and Particles

(2012) F. Y. Shaikh et al.   mBio

Human Metapneumovirus: Lessons Learned over the First Decade

(2011) V. Schildgen et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Effects of N-linked glycosylation of the fusion protein on replication of human metapneumovirus in vitro and in mouse lungs

(2011) J. Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

Residues of the Human Metapneumovirus Fusion (F) Protein Critical for Its Strain-Related Fusion Phenotype: Implications for the Virus Replication Cycle

(2011) V. Mas et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

The Conserved YAGL Motif in Human Metapneumovirus Is Required for Higher-Order Cellular Assemblies of the Matrix Protein and for Virion Production

(2011) Y. Sabo et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Identification of nucleolin as a cellular receptor for human respiratory syncytial virus

(2011) Farnoosh Tayyari et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Structural basis for immunization with postfusion respiratory syncytial virus fusion F glycoprotein (RSV F) to elicit high neutralizing antibody titers

(2011) K. A. Swanson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structure of the Newcastle disease virus F protein in the post-fusion conformation

(2010) Kurt Swanson et al.   VIROLOGY

A highly attenuated recombinant human respiratory syncytial virus lacking the G protein induces long-lasting protection in cotton rats

(2010) Myra N Widjojoatmodjo et al.   Virology Journal

Studies of culture conditions and environmental stability of human metapneumovirus

(2010) Sharon J. Tollefson et al.   VIRUS RESEARCH

Fusion protein is the main determinant of metapneumovirus host tropism

(2009) M. de Graaf et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

Review of New and Newly Discovered Respiratory Tract Viruses in Children

(2009) Holly Brodzinski et al.   PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY CARE

Integrin  v 1 promotes infection by human metapneumovirus

(2009) G. Cseke et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genetic diversity and evolution of human metapneumovirus fusion protein over twenty years

(2009) Chin-Fen Yang et al.   Virology Journal

Evolutionary dynamics of human and avian metapneumoviruses

(2008) M. de Graaf et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

Low-pH-Induced Membrane Fusion Mediated by Human Metapneumovirus F Protein Is a Rare, Strain-Dependent Phenomenon

(2008) S. Herfst et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Role of Cellular Glycosaminoglycans and Charged Regions of Viral G Protein in Human Metapneumovirus Infection

(2008) S. Thammawat et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Efficient Multiplication of Human Metapneumovirus in Vero Cells Expressing the Transmembrane Serine Protease TMPRSS2

(2008) Y. Shirogane et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Low-pH Triggering of Human Metapneumovirus Fusion: Essential Residues and Importance in Entry

(2008) R. M. Schowalter et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY