H84T BanLec has broad spectrum antiviral activity against human herpesviruses in cells, skin, and mice

Abstract H84T BanLec is a molecularly engineered lectin cloned from bananas with broad-spectrum antiviral activity against several RNA viruses. H84T BanLec dimers bind glycoproteins containing high-mannose N-glycans on the virion envelope, blocking attachment, entry, uncoating, and spread. It was un...

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Main Authors: M. G. Lloyd, D. Liu, M. Legendre, D. M. Markovitz, J. F. Moffat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05580-6