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An intramolecular bond at cluster of differentiation 81 ectodomain is important for hepatitis C virus entry.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 1 Oct 2015
Yang Wei, Zhang Meng, Chi Xiaojing, Liu Xiuying, Qin Bo, Cui Sheng
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is one of the leading causes of chronic liver diseases; however, HCV vaccine remains unavailable to date. One main obstacle is the lack of an efficient small animal model. Cluster of differentiation 81 (CD81) is an essential entry coreceptor for HCV species specificity to humans, though the underlying mechanisms are yet to be fully elucidated. We performed structural,...
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