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Old world arenaviruses enter the host cell via the multivesicular body and depend on the endosomal sorting complex required for transport.
PLoS pathogens - 1 Sept 2011
Pasqual Giulia, Rojek Jillian M, Masin Mark, Chatton Jean-Yves, Kunz Stefan
Abstract excerpt
The highly pathogenic Old World arenavirus Lassa virus (LASV) and the prototypic arenavirus lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) use α-dystroglycan as a cellular receptor and enter the host cell by an unusual endocytotic pathway independent of clathrin, caveolin, dynamin, and actin. Upon internalization, the viruses are delivered to acidified endosomes in a Rab5-independent manner bypassing classical routes...
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