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Reduction of natural adenovirus tropism to mouse liver by fiber-shaft exchange in combination with both CAR- and alphav integrin-binding ablation.
Journal of virology - 1 Dec 2003
Koizumi Naoya, Mizuguchi Hiroyuki, Sakurai Fuminori, Yamaguchi Teruhide, Watanabe Yoshiteru, Hayakawa Takao
Abstract excerpt
The primary receptor, the coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor (CAR), and the secondary receptor, alphav integrins, are the tropism determinants of adenovirus (Ad) type 5. Inhibition of the interaction of both the fiber with CAR and the penton base with the alphav integrin appears to be crucial...
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