Herpes simplex virus glycoprotein D interferes with binding of herpesvirus entry mediator to its ligands through downregulation and direct competition

Journal of Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 11646-11660

  Stiles, Katie M ^a,b   Whitbeck, J Charles ^a   Lou, Huan ^a   Cohen, Gary H ^a   Eisenberg, Roselyn J ^a   Krummenacher, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN D; HERPESVIRUS ENTRY MEDIATOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLYCOSYLATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; LIGAND BINDING; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ENTRY;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELL LINE; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; MICE; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR, MEMBER 14; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR LIGAND SUPERFAMILY MEMBER 14; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRUS INTERNALIZATION;

HERPESVIRIDAE; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 78049522560     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01550-10     Document Type: Article

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