Measles Virus C Protein Interferes with Beta Interferon Transcription in the Nucleus

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Transcriptional induction of beta interferon (IFN-β) through pattern recognition receptors is a key event in the host defense against invading viruses. Infection of cells by paramyxoviruses, like measles virus (MV) (genus Morbillivirus), is sensed predominantly by the ubiquitous cytoplasmic helicase RIG-I, recognizing viral 5'-triphosphate RNAs, and to some degree by MDA5. While MDA5 activation is effectively...

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