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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2017-10-01
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Series: | Viruses |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/9/10/305 |