MicrobiologybioRxiv
The late endosome-resident lipid bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate is a cofactor for Lassa virus fusion
R. M. Markosyan, M. Marin, Y. Zhang…·G. Melikian
This paper identifies bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate as a cofactor for arenavirus fusion, showing it promotes late stages of fusion in both Lassa and Junin viruses.
DOI 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009488