... anchor themselves to the target membrane through their hydrophobicsegments and then fold back, bringing the viral and cellular membranes together and forcing theirmerger. However, the pathways of ... Institute of Human Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 725 W. Lombard St, Baltimore, MD 21201, USAEmail: Gregory B Melikyan - gmelikian@ihv.umaryland.eduAbstractEnveloped ... CentralPage 1 of 13(page number not for citation purposes)RetrovirologyOpen AccessReviewCommon principles and intermediates of viral protein-mediated fusion: the HIV-1 paradigmGregoryBMelikyanAddress:...