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Oxysterol-binding protein is a phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase effector required for HCV replication membrane integrity and cholesterol trafficking.
Gastroenterology - 1 May 2014
Wang Hongliang, Perry Jeffrey W, Lauring Adam S, Neddermann Petra, De Francesco Raffaele, Tai Andrew W
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Positive-sense RNA viruses remodel intracellular membranes to generate specialized membrane compartments for viral replication. Several RNA viruses, including poliovirus and hepatitis C virus (HCV), require phosphatidylinositol (PI) 4-kinases for their replication. However, it is not known how PI 4-kinases and their product, PI(4)P, facilitate host membrane reorganization and viral replication....
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