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Influenza Virus M2 Protein Mediates ESCRT-Independent Membrane Scission

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It is shown that M2 localizes to the neck of budding virions and that mutation of the M2 amphipathic helix results in failure of the virus to undergo membrane scission and virion release, suggesting that M1 mediates the final steps of budding for influenza viruses, bypassing the need for host ESCRT proteins.
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This article is published in Cell.The article was published on 2010-09-17 and is currently open access. It has received 490 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: ESCRT & SIN3A.

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Coronavirus envelope protein: current knowledge

TL;DR: Data shows that E is involved in critical aspects of the viral life cycle and that CoVs lacking E make promising vaccine candidates, which can aid in the production of effective anti-coronaviral agents for both human CoVs and enzootic CoVs.
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Membrane Organization and Lipid Rafts

TL;DR: The emerging principles of membrane architecture are reviewed with special emphasis on lipid organization and domain formation, which combines the potential for sphingolipid-cholesterol self-assembly with protein specificity to focus and regulate membrane bioactivity.
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Influenza virus assembly and budding.

TL;DR: This review investigates the latest research on influenza virus budding in an attempt to provide a step-by-step analysis of the assembly and budding processes for influenza viruses.
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Membrane curvature at a glance

TL;DR: Some of the discoveries about the functions of membrane curvature, where in addition to providing cell or organelle shape, local curvature can affect processes like membrane scission and fusion as well as protein concentration and enzyme activation on membranes.
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Membrane bending by protein-protein crowding

TL;DR: A third general mechanism for bending fluid cellular membranes: protein–protein crowding is proposed, and it is found that even proteins unrelated to membrane curvature, such as green fluorescent protein (GFP), can bend membranes when sufficiently concentrated.
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Structure and Mechanism of the M2 Proton Channel of Influenza A Virus

TL;DR: The structure of the tetrameric M2 channel in complex with rimantadine, determined by NMR is presented and predicted to counter the effect of drug binding by either increasing the hydrophilicity of the pore or weakening helix–helix packing, thus facilitating channel opening.
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Membrane scission by the ESCRT-III complex

TL;DR: Three subunits of ESCRT-III, Vps20, Snf7 and Vps24, are sufficient to detach intralumenal vesicles and are reconstituted and visualized by fluorescence microscopy.
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