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. 2018 Feb 13;110(5):e24040. doi: 10.1002/pep2.24040

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Different mechanisms of membrane interaction exploited for viral entry by non‐enveloped and enveloped viruses. Non‐enveloped viruses are reported on the left; capsid proteins release lytic factors responsible of nucleic acid internalization. Envelope viruses exploit the mechanism of membrane fusion either on the plasma membrane or within an endocytic vesicle