Idiosyncratic Mòjiāng virus attachment glycoprotein directs a host-cell entry pathway distinct from genetically related henipaviruses

The attachment glycoprotein (HNV-G) of henipaviruses interacts with host receptors at the cell surface and is a major determinant of species tropism. Here the authors provide structural and functional evidence that the emergent henipavirus, Mòjiang virus, uses an entry mechanism that is independent...

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Main Authors: Ilona Rissanen, Asim A. Ahmed, Kristopher Azarm, Shannon Beaty, Patrick Hong, Sham Nambulli, W. Paul Duprex, Benhur Lee, Thomas A. Bowden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16060