Fusion of Sendai virions or reconstituted Sendai virus envelopes with liposomes or erythrocyte membranes lacking virus receptors. Specific requirement for liposome associated sialoglycolipids, but not sialoglycoproteins, to allow lysis of phospholipid vesicles by Sendai virions. Osmotic swelling allows fusion of Sendai virions with membranes of desialized erythrocytes and chromaffin granules.
Animal viruses are able to fuse with prokaryotic cells.
Single-stranded DNA binding protein encoded by the virE locus of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. The P30 movement protein of tobacco mosaic virus is a single strand nucleic acid binding protein. Gene I, a potential movement locus of CaMV, encodes an RNA binding protein. Nuclear localization of Agrobacterium VirE2 protein in plant cells. Agrobacterium VirE2 imports DNA into the plant cell nucleus.