Additionally, the hepatitis D virus (HDV ... the extracellular surface of NTCP. In conclusion, the study reveals the molecular basis of viral preS1 interactions with its receptor NTCP and ...

Many phylogenetically distant animal viruses ... certain viral surface proteins for fusion, cleavage generates a carboxy-terminal RXXR sequence. This C-end Rule (CendR) motif is known to bind to ...

Cells take up solid particles using a process called endocytosis. How did scientists use viruses to learn ... was mediated by a specific receptor present in the surface of the cells.

Infection with hepatitis D viruses causes severe inflammation of the liver. An MHH team has now identified a marker on natural killer cells that is influenced by the anti-inflammatory effectiveness of ...

Adeno-associated virus 2 (AAV)-based vectors ... Although AAV uses the ubiquitously expressed cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG) as a receptor, the transduction efficiency of AAV ...

Activation of these cells depends partly on a set of NK cell-surface proteins called activating killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs). But how activating KIRs recognize pathogens is poorly ...