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[Cell receptors for human adenoviruses]

P Boulanger1

  • 1Laboratoire de Virologie et Pathogenèse Moléculaire, Faculté de Médecine de Montpellier, CNRS UMR 5812, Montpellier.

Summary

Adenovirus uses specific cell receptors for infection, with CAR and MHC-I-alpha 2 being key. Fiber knob structure dictates which receptor the virus binds, impacting gene therapy applications.

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