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L-SIGN (CD209L) isoforms differently mediate trans-infection of hepatoma cells by hepatitis C virus pseudoparticles.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Sept 2006
Falkowska Emilia, Durso Robert J, Gardner Jason P, Cormier Emmanuel G, Arrigale Robert A, Ogawa Raymond N, Donovan Gerald P, Maddon Paul J, Olson William C, Dragic Tatjana
Abstract excerpt
L-SIGN is a C-type lectin that is expressed on liver sinusoidal endothelial cells. Capture of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) by this receptor results in trans-infection of hepatoma cells. L-SIGN alleles have been identified that encode between three and nine tandem repeats of a 23 residue stretch in the juxtamembrane oligomerization domain. Here, it was shown that these repeat-region isoforms are expressed at the...
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