Sequential Conformational Changes in the Morbillivirus Attachment Protein Initiate the Membrane Fusion Process

• Nadine Ader-Ebert,

  Affiliations Division of Neurological Sciences, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Mojtaba Khosravi,

  Affiliations Division of Neurological Sciences, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Michael Herren,

  Affiliations Division of Neurological Sciences, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Mislay Avila,

  Affiliations Division of Neurological Sciences, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Lisa Alves,

  Affiliations Division of Neurological Sciences, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Fanny Bringolf,

  Affiliations Division of Neurological Sciences, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Claes Örvell,

  Affiliation Division of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Johannes P. Langedijk,

  Affiliation Janssen Infectious Diseases and Vaccines, Leiden, Netherlands

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• Andreas Zurbriggen,

  Affiliation Division of Neurological Sciences, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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• Richard K. Plemper,

  Affiliation Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Philippe Plattet

  * E-mail: philippe.plattet@vetsuisse.unibe.ch

  Affiliation Division of Neurological Sciences, Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH), Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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