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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 21.
Published in final edited form as: Prog Mol Biol Transl Sci. 2014 Dec 1;129:1–32. doi: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2014.10.001

Figure 2. Schematic representation of the common structure of Paramyxoviruses.

Figure 2

Paramyxoviridae are enveloped viruses. They contain single-stranded negative RNA coated with nucleocapsid (N) protein as well as a large (L) protein and a phosphoprotein (P) that carries out polymerase activity. The matrix (M) protein lines the viral lipid bilayer. The two viral glycoproteins -- hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN)/ hemagglutinin (H)/ glycoprotein (G) and fusion (F) -- protude from the viral membrane.