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Shortening adenovirus type 5 fiber shaft decreases the efficiency of postbinding steps in CAR-expressing and nonexpressing cells.
Virology - 1 Aug 2003
Ambriović-Ristov Andreja, Mercier Stephanie, Eloit Marc
Abstract excerpt
The coxsackie B virus and adenovirus receptor (CAR) functions as an attachment receptor for multiple adenovirus serotypes. It has been shown that apart from virus-cellular receptor interactions, the fiber shaft length also influences viral tropism. We therefore generated Ad5FbDelta639 virus with 8beta-repeats in the shaft, instead of the 22beta-repeats present in the wild-type. Here, we show that the extent of...
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