The glycoprotein of vesicular stomatitis virus promotes release of virus-like particles from tetherin-positive cells.

Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) release from infected cells is inhibited by the interferon (IFN)-inducible antiviral host cell factor tetherin (BST-2, CD317). However, several viruses encode tetherin antagonists and it is at present unknown whether residual VSV spread in tetherin-positive cells is...

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Main Authors: Constantin Brinkmann, Markus Hoffmann, Anastasia Lübke, Inga Nehlmeier, Annika Krämer-Kühl, Michael Winkler, Stefan Pöhlmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5720808?pdf=render