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Integrin αvβ3 (vitronectin receptor) is a candidate receptor for the virulent echovirus 9 strain Barty
1 Sept 1999
Abstract excerpt
The enterovirus echovirus 9 strain Barty (E9/Barty) is pathogenic for newborn mice as well as for humans. In contrast to the apathogenic prototype strain Hill, strain Barty encodes an RGD motif in the C-terminal part of the structural protein VP1. Data are presented that show that E9/Barty binds its target cells via contact of the RGD motif to the alpha(v)beta3 integrin (vitronectin receptor), whereas prototype...
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