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Entry of rotaviruses is a multistep process.
Virology - 25 Oct 1999
Méndez E, López S, Cuadras M A, Romero P, Arias C F
Abstract excerpt
The infection of epithelial cells by some animal rotavirus strains requires the presence of sialic acid (SA) on the cell surface. Recently, we isolated rhesus rotavirus variants, named nar, whose infectivity, like that of human rotaviruses, is not dependent on SA. In this work, we have determined the binding properties of these SA-dependent and -independent rotavirus strains to MA104 cells. The half-time of...
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