MERS-CoV 4b protein interferes with the NF-κB-dependent innate immune response during infection

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Canton, Javier ^a   Fehr, Anthony R ^b   Fernandez Delgado, Raúl ^a   Gutierrez Alvarez, Francisco J ^a   Sanchez Aparicio, Maria T ^c   García Sastre, Adolfo ^c   Perlman, Stanley ^b   Enjuanes, Luis ^a   Sola, Isabel ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; HAMSTER; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; VIRAL PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CRICETINAE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NF-KAPPA B; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 85041527551     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006838     Document Type: Article

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