Metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 2 is a cellular receptor for rabies virus.

Rabies virus (RABV) invades the central nervous system and nearly always causes fatal disease in humans. How RABV interacts with host neuron membrane receptors to become internalized and cause rabid symptoms is not yet fully understood. Here, we identified a novel receptor of RABV, which RABV uses t...

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Main Authors: Jinliang Wang, Zilong Wang, Renqiang Liu, Lei Shuai, Xinxin Wang, Jie Luo, Chong Wang, Weiye Chen, Xijun Wang, Jinying Ge, Xijun He, Zhiyuan Wen, Zhigao Bu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-07-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6070288?pdf=render