The cGAS-STING Defense Pathway and Its Counteraction by Viruses

Cell Host and Microbe

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 150-158

  Ma, Zhe ^a   Damania, Blossom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

cGAS; IFN; Innate immunity; STING; virus

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP AMP SYNTHASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; PROTEIN STING; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRAL PROTEIN; MB21D1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MPYS PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADENOVIRIDAE; CORONAVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPADNAVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE; HOST CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE EVASION; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 85012025561     PISSN: 19313128     EISSN: 19346069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.01.010     Document Type: Review

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