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Heparan sulfate binding can contribute to the neurovirulence of neuroadapted and nonneuroadapted Sindbis viruses.
Journal of virology - 1 Apr 2007
Ryman Kate D, Gardner Christina L, Burke Crystal W, Meier Kathryn C, Thompson Joseph M, Klimstra William B
Abstract excerpt
Cell culture-adapted laboratory strains of Sindbis virus (SB) exhibit efficient initial attachment to cell surface heparan sulfate (HS) receptors. In contrast, non-cell-adapted strains, such as the SB consensus sequence virus TR339, interact weakly with HS and cell surfaces. Regardless of their HS binding phenotype, most SB strains do not cause fatal disease in adult mice, whether inoculated subcutaneously (s.c.)...
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