Structural and Functional Insight into Canarypox Virus CNP058 Mediated Regulation of Apoptosis

Programmed cell death or apoptosis is an important component of host defense systems against viral infection. The B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) proteins family is the main arbiter of mitochondrially mediated apoptosis, and viruses have evolved sequence and structural mimics of Bcl-2 to subvert premature...

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Main Authors: Mohd Ishtiaq Anasir, Amy A. Baxter, Ivan K. H. Poon, Mark D. Hulett, Marc Kvansakul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-10-01
Series:Viruses
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/9/10/305