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Herpes Simplex Virus Virion Host Shutoff Protein: Immune Evasion Mediated by a Viral RNase?
13 Jan 2004
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Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is the prototypical member of the Herpesviridae, a large family of enveloped DNA viruses that infect diverse metazoans. It is also the defining example of the Alphaherpesvirinae, the neurotropic subfamily of herpesviruses. Like all herpesviruses, HSV displays both lytic and latent modes of interaction with its natural human host. Primary infection of epithelial cells produces...
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