Enveloped viruses, which have a membrane coat, gain access to the cytosol by fusing with a cell

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Enveloped viruses, which have a membrane coat, gain access to the cytosol by fusing with a cell membrane. Why do you suppose that these viruses encode their own special fusion protein, rather than making use of a cell's SNAREs?

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Molecular Biology Of The Cell

ISBN: 9780815344322

6th Edition

Authors: Bruce Alberts, Alexander D. Johnson, Julian Lewis, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter

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