Proteoglycans act as cellular hepatitis delta virus attachment receptors.

Proteoglycans act as cellular hepatitis delta virus attachment receptors.

The hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is a small, defective RNA virus that requires the presence of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) for its life cycle. Worldwide more than 15 million people are co-infected with HBV and HDV. Although much effort has been made, the early steps of the HBV/HDV entry process, incl...

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Main Authors: Oscar Lamas Longarela, Tobias T Schmidt, Katrin Schöneweis, Raffaella Romeo, Heiner Wedemeyer, Stephan Urban, Andreas Schulze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3591349?pdf=render

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