Poliovirus Switches to an eIF2-Independent Mode of Translation during Infection

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Inhibition of translation is an integral component of the innate antiviral response and is largely accomplished via interferon-activated phosphorylation of the α subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2α). To successfully infect a host, a virus must overcome this blockage by either controlling eIF2α phosphorylation or by utilizing a noncanonical mode of translation initiation. Here we show that enterovirus...

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