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Effects on sialic acid recognition of amino acid mutations in the carbohydrate-binding cleft of the rotavirus spike protein.
Glycobiology - 1 Mar 2009
Kraschnefski Mark J, Bugarcic Andrea, Fleming Fiona E, Yu Xing, von Itzstein Mark, Coulson Barbara S, Blanchard Helen
Abstract excerpt
The rotavirus spike protein VP4 mediates attachment to host cells and subsequent membrane penetration. The VP8(*) domain of VP4 forms the spike tips and is proposed to recognize host-cell surface glycans. For sialidase-sensitive rotaviruses such as rhesus (RRV), this recognition involves terminal...
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