Identification of the human cytomegalovirus gHgLgO trimer as the central player in virion infectivity

• Lena Thiessen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Max von Pettenkofer-Institute and Gene Center, Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Munich, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany

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• Roberto Garuti,

  Roles Investigation

  ¤ Current address: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele and Unit of Experimental Immunopathology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy

  Affiliation Max von Pettenkofer-Institute and Gene Center, Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Munich, Germany

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• Lucie Kubic,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Max von Pettenkofer-Institute and Gene Center, Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Munich, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany

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• Miwako Kösters,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory for Functional Genome Analysis LAFUGA, Gene Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

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• Divya Amarambedu Selvakumar,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Center of Structural and Cell Biology in Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Lübeck, Germany

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• Thomas Krey,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Center of Structural and Cell Biology in Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Lübeck, Germany, Institute of Virology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, Excellence Cluster 2155 RESIST, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB), Hamburg, Germany

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• Irene Görzer,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Thomas Fröhlich,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation Laboratory for Functional Genome Analysis LAFUGA, Gene Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

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• Barbara Adler

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: adler_b@mvp.uni-muenchen.de

  Affiliations Max von Pettenkofer-Institute and Gene Center, Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Munich, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7031-3585

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