The essential role of mitochondrial dynamics in antiviral immunity. [PDF]
, 2018 Viruses alter cellular physiology and function to establish cellular environment conducive for viral proliferation. Viral immune evasion is an essential aspect of viral persistence and proliferation.
Ahn, Dae-Gyun +3 more
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Journal of Biomedical Science, 2009 Background Envelope (E) glycoprotein E2 of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) mediates binding of the virus to target cell receptors. Nevertheless, the precise role of E1 in viral entry remains elusive.
Chuang Chin-Kai +4 more
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Expression in Escherichia coli of a cloned DNA sequence encoding the pre-S2 region of hepatitis B virus [PDF]
, 1985 A DNA sequence encoding the entire pre-S2 region (amino acids 120-174; serotype ayw) of human hepatitis B virus envelope protein has been inserted into the lacZ gene of the plasmid pSKS105 yielding a recombinant, pWS3.
Acs, George +7 more
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Nature CommunicationsViral fusion proteins facilitate cellular infection by fusing viral and cellular membranes, which involves dramatic transitions from their pre- to postfusion conformations.
Sonal V. Gidwani +13 more
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IFITM Genes, Variants, and Their Roles in the Control and Pathogenesis of Viral Infections
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 Interferon-induced transmembrane proteins (IFITMs) are a family of small proteins that localize in the plasma and endolysosomal membranes. IFITMs not only inhibit viral entry into host cells by interrupting the membrane fusion between viral envelope and ...
Xuesen Zhao +6 more
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The role of packaging sites in efficient and specific virus assembly [PDF]
arXiv, 2015 During the lifecycle of many single-stranded RNA viruses, including many human pathogens, a protein shell called the capsid spontaneously assembles around the viral genome. Understanding the mechanisms by which capsid proteins selectively assemble around the viral RNA amidst diverse host RNAs is a key question in virology.
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Beyond self-eating: The control of nonautophagic functions and signaling pathways by autophagy-related proteins. [PDF]
, 2017 The identification of conserved autophagy-related proteins (ATGs) that mediate bulk degradation of cytosolic material laid the foundation for breakthroughs linking autophagy to a litany of physiological processes and disease conditions.
Cadwell, Ken, Debnath, Jayanta
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Feline coronaviruses associated with feline infectious peritonitis have modifications to spike protein activation sites at two discrete positions [PDF]
arXiv, 2014 Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is associated with mutations in the feline coronavirus (FCoV) genome that are thought to convert the subclinical feline enteric coronavirus (FECV) into the lethal feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV). A key feature of FIPV, not shared with FECV, is the productive infection of macrophages. Therefore mutations in
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Mapping active allosteric loci SARS-CoV Spike Proteins by means of Protein Contact Networks [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 Coronaviruses are a class of virus responsible of the recent outbreak of Human Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. The molecular machinery behind the viral entry and thus infectivity is based on the formation of the complex of virus spike protein with the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2).
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Physical Aspects of Viral Membrane Fusion
The Scientific World Journal, 2009 Enveloped viruses commonly employ membrane fusion during cell penetration in order to deliver their genetic material across the cell boundary. Large conformational changes in the proteins embedded in the viral membrane play a fundamental role in the ...
Laura Wessels, Keith Weninger
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