TY - CHAP AU - Gonzalez Portal, Maria Eugenia AU - Carrasco, Luis PY - 2005 DO - 10.1007/0-387-28146-0_6 SN - 978-0-387-28146-9 SN - 978-0-306-48495-7 SN - 978-0-306-48495-7 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/7792 AB - This chapter is devoted to reviewing some characteristics of membrane permeabilization by viral proteins. In addition, the methodology used to assay enhanced permeability in animal cells is described. Finally, the design of selective viral inhibitors... LA - eng PB - Kluwer Academic Publishers KW - Viroporins KW - Viral Glycoproteins KW - Membrane permeabilization KW - Antiviral agents KW - Viroporin inhibitors KW - Biological assays KW - HIV-1 KW - Poliovirus KW - HIV-1 gp41 KW - Virus Release KW - Cell Membrane Permeability KW - Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral KW - Models, Biological KW - Membrane Proteins KW - Membrane Glycoproteins KW - Toxins, Biological TI - Viral Proteins that Enhance Membrane Permeability T2 - In: Fischer W.B. (eds) Viral Membrane Proteins: Structure, Function, and Drug Design. TY - book part ER -