Less Grease, Please. Phosphatidylethanolamine Is the Only Lipid Required for Replication of a (+)RNA Virus

All positive strand RNA viruses of eukaryotes replicate their genomes in association with membranes. These viruses actively change cellular lipid metabolism to build replication membranes enriched in specific lipids. The ubiquitous use of membranes by positive strand RNA viruses apparently holds maj...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: George A. Belov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-06-01
Series:Viruses
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/7/7/2784