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Glycan recognition in globally dominant human rotaviruses.
Nature communications - 6 Jul 2018
Hu Liya, Sankaran Banumathi, Laucirica Daniel R, Patil Ketki, Salmen Wilhelm, Ferreon Allan Chris M, Tsoi Phoebe S, Lasanajak Yi, Smith David F, Ramani Sasirekha, Atmar Robert L, Estes Mary K, Ferreon Josephine C, Prasad B V Venkataram
Abstract excerpt
Rotaviruses (RVs) cause life-threatening diarrhea in infants and children worldwide. Recent biochemical and epidemiological studies underscore the importance of histo-blood group antigens (HBGA) as both cell attachment and susceptibility factors for the globally dominant P[4], P[6], and P[8] genotypes of human RVs. How these genotypes interact with HBGA is not known. Here, our crystal structures of P[4] and a...
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