Chapter Eight Illuminating the virus life cycle with single-molecule FRET imaging
Lu M, Ma X, Mothes W. Chapter Eight Illuminating the virus life cycle with single-molecule FRET imaging. Advances In Virus Research 2019, 105: 239-273. PMID: 31522706, PMCID: PMC7246055, DOI: 10.1016/bs.aivir.2019.07.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVirus life cycleMolecular mechanismsViral proteinsSingle-molecule FRETBiological moleculesPrecise molecular mechanismsFörster resonance energy transfer (FRET) imagingLife cycleConformational dynamicsReal-time imagingEnergetics of transitionsNovel antiviral therapiesStructural intermediatesConformational changesConformational statesNative stateSmFRETRelevant conditionsElegant experimental designsAsymmetric intermediatesIntermediatesViral fusionViral glycoproteinsStructural methodsIntact virions