Membrane fusion mediated by herpesvirus
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Nancy L. Cole; Charles Grose
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Varicellaβzoster virus (VZV) is well known for its propensity to cause polykaryons (syncytia) in the vesicles within infected skin. Similarly in cultured cells, VZV induces extensive syncytial formation by virusβmediated cellβtoβcell fusion. Statistical analyses of fusion parameters dem