The tight junction protein JAM-A functions as coreceptor for rotavirus entry into MA104 cells

Jesús M Torres-Flores1, Daniela Silva-Ayala1, Marco A Espinoza1

  • 1Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Avenida Universidad 2001, Colonia Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62210, México.

Virology
|December 8, 2014
PubMed

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