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High-density rafts preferentially host the complement activator measles virus F glycoprotein but not the regulators of complement activation.
Molecular immunology - 1 Jun 2008
Ghannam Arije, Hammache Djilali, Matias Christel, Louwagie Mathilde, Garin Jérôme, Gerlier Denis
Abstract excerpt
The fusion (F) protein of measles virus (MeV) activates the alternative pathway of human complement in the presence of both CD46 and CD55 which regulate the complement activation [Devaux, P., Christiansen, D., Plumet, S., Gerlier, D., 2004. Cell surface activation of the alternative complement pathway by the fusion protein of measles virus. J. Gen. Virol. 85, 1665-1673]. The original observation of cold...
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