Definition: Proteins associated with the inner surface of the lipid bilayer of the viral envelope. These proteins have been implicated in control of viral transcription and may possibly serve as the "glue" that binds the nucleocapsid to the appropriate membrane site during viral budding from the host cell.
IM; coord with specific virus (IM); /drug eff /ultrastruct permitted
Other names Viral M Proteins; Membrane Proteins, Viral; Proteins, Viral Membrane; Proteins, Viral Matrix; Proteins, Viral M; Proteins, Granulin Matrix; Protein, Viral M; Matrix Proteins, Viral; Matrix Proteins, Granulin; M Proteins, Viral; M Protein, Viral; Viral Membrane Proteins; Viral M Protein; Granulin Matrix Proteins