The Entry and Fusion of Enveloped Virus
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "General Virology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 884
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Interests: retroviruses; HIV-1; entry; assembly; GAG; capsid; anti-HIV-1 compounds; mechanism of action
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Dear Colleagues,
Many important human pathogens are enveloped viruses, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), influenza virus, and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronaviruses (SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2). Enveloped viruses acquire their membrane from virus-infected cells during the budding and release process. All enveloped viruses exploit similar strategies in order to enter their genomes into the target cells and produce their progenies. Those strategies generally consist of virus binding/attachment to target cell via specific cellular receptors, membrane fusion, internalization/endocytosis, uncoating, intracellular trafficking/nuclear import. Although much knowledge on those processes in virus replication cycle have been accumulated and utilized for development of antivirals and preventive vaccines, there are still many unsolved issues to be addressed.
In this Special Issue, we will welcome a broad range of articles, including original research, short communications, and reviews that focus on the entry and/or membrane fusion of enveloped viruses. Topics of interest include the mechanisms of virus binding/attachment, membrane fusion, internalization/endocytosis, uncoating, intracellular trafficking/nuclear import, as well as virus receptors and roles of carbohydrates in virus entry. Host factors involved in virus entry/fusion, and antiviral compounds/neutralizing antibodies that target the entry process, and vaccine development are also welcome.
We look forward to receiving your submissions for this Special Issue.
Dr. Tsutomu Murakami
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- enveloped virus
- entry
- attachment
- virus binding
- membrane fusion
- internalization
- endocytosis
- uncoating
- intracellular trafficking
- nuclear import
- receptor
- carbohydrates
- antiviral
- neutralizing antibody
- vaccine
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