The soluble form of the EIAV receptor encoded by an alternative splicing variant inhibits EIAV infection of target cells.

Equine lentivirus receptor 1 (ELR1) has been identified as the sole receptor for equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV) and is a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) superfamily. In addition to the previously described membrane-associated form of ELR1, two other major alternative splic...

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Main Authors: Yue-Zhi Lin, Fei Yang, Shu-Qin Zhang, Liu-Ke Sun, Xue-Feng Wang, Cheng Du, Jian-Hua Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3838338?pdf=render