Coat as a Dagger: The Use of Capsid Proteins to Perforate Membranes during Non-Enveloped DNA Viruses Trafficking

Coat as a Dagger: The Use of Capsid Proteins to Perforate Membranes during Non-Enveloped DNA Viruses Trafficking

To get access to the replication site, small non-enveloped DNA viruses have to cross the cell membrane using a limited number of capsid proteins, which also protect the viral genome in the extracellular environment. Most of DNA viruses have to reach the nucleus to replicate. The capsid proteins invo...

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Main Authors: Eva Bilkova, Jitka Forstova, Levon Abrahamyan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-07-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
viruses
membrane perforation
viroporins
coat protein
capsid protein
polyomavirus
adenovirus
papillomavirus
parvovirus
cell entry
trafficking
endosome escape
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/6/7/2899

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