The measles virus is an enveloped virus bearing a lipid bilayer. The bilayer holds the receptor binding hemagglutinin (H) protein and the fusion (F) protein. For infection to happen, the H protein ...
Mutation in the F protein is key for the measles virus to fuse and infect neurons. Two primary strategies exist for such infection. Initially, fusion activity of a mutant F protein is suppressed ...
As another community in Texas confirms positive measles cases, here's what to know about symptoms of the highly contagious ...