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Vaccinia virus E3 protein prevents the antiviral action of ISG15.
PLoS pathogens - 4 Jul 2008
Guerra Susana, Cáceres Ana, Knobeloch Klaus-Peter, Horak Ivan, Esteban Mariano
Abstract excerpt
The ubiquitin-like modifier ISG15 is one of the most predominant proteins induced by type I interferons (IFN). In this study, murine embryo fibroblast (MEFs) and mice lacking the gene were used to demonstrate a novel role of ISG15 as a host defense molecule against vaccinia virus (VACV) infection. In MEFs, the growth of replication competent Western Reserve (WR) VACV strain was affected by the absence of ISG15,...
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