Equine rhinitis A virus and its low pH empty particle: clues towards an aphthovirus entry mechanism?

Equine rhinitis A virus (ERAV) is closely related to foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV), belonging to the genus Aphthovirus of the Picornaviridae. How picornaviruses introduce their RNA genome into the cytoplasm of the host cell to initiate replication is unclear since they have no lipid envelope t...

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Main Authors: Tobias J Tuthill, Karl Harlos, Thomas S Walter, Nick J Knowles, Elisabetta Groppelli, David J Rowlands, David I Stuart, Elizabeth E Fry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-10-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19816570/pdf/?tool=EBI