The role of cellular adhesion molecules in virus attachment and entry

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As obligate intracellular parasites, viruses must traverse the host-cell plasma membrane to initiate infection. This presents a formidable barrier, which they have evolved diverse strategies to overcome. Common to all entry pathways, however, is a mechanism of specific attachment to cell-surface macromolecules or 'receptors'. Receptor usage frequently defines viral tropism, and consequently, the evolutionary...

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