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Murine Hepatitis Virus nsp14 Exoribonuclease Activity Is Required for Resistance to Innate Immunity.
Journal of virology - 1 Jan 2018
Case James Brett, Li Yize, Elliott Ruth, Lu Xiaotao, Graepel Kevin W, Sexton Nicole R, Smith Everett Clinton, Weiss Susan R, Denison Mark R
Abstract excerpt
Coronaviruses (CoVs) are positive-sense RNA viruses that infect numerous mammalian and avian species and are capable of causing severe and lethal disease in humans. CoVs encode several innate immune antagonists that counteract the host innate immune response to facilitate efficient viral replication. CoV nonstructural protein 14 (nsp14) encodes 3'-to-5' exoribonuclease activity (ExoN), which performs a...
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