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Crystal structure of human IPS-1/MAVS/VISA/Cardif caspase activation recruitment domain
1 Jan 2008
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: IPS-1/MAVS/VISA/Cardif is an adaptor protein that plays a crucial role in the induction of interferons in response to viral infection. In the initial stage of the intracellular antiviral response two RNA helicases, retinoic acid inducible gene-I (RIG-I) and melanoma differentiation-association gene 5 (MDA5), are independently able to bind viral RNA in the cytoplasm. The 62 kDa protein...
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