A β-Hairpin Motif in the Envelope Protein E2 Mediates Receptor Binding of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus

Pestivirus envelope protein E2 is crucial to virus infection and accomplishes virus-receptor interaction during entry. However, mapping of E2 residues mediating these interactions has remained unexplored. In this study, to investigate the structure-function relationship for a β-hairpin motif exposed...

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Main Authors: Fernando Merwaiss, María José Pascual, María Trinidad Pomilio, María Gabriela Lopez, Oscar A. Taboga, Diego E. Alvarez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
Series:Viruses
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/6/1157