Lassa Fever Virus Binds Matriglycan—A Polymer of Alternating Xylose and Glucuronate—On α-Dystroglycan

Lassa fever virus (LASV) can cause life-threatening hemorrhagic fevers for which there are currently no vaccines or targeted treatments. The late Prof. Stefan Kunz, along with others, showed that the high-affinity host receptor for LASV, and other Old World and clade-C New World mammarenaviruses, is...

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Main Authors: Soumya Joseph, Kevin P. Campbell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:Viruses
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/9/1679