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Co-immunoprecipitation of the Mouse Mx1 Protein with the Influenza A Virus Nucleoprotein
Published on: April 21, 2015
Interactions moléculaires entre les ribonucléoprotéines des virus influenza de type A et la cellule hôte
Dorothée Moisy1, Nadia Naffakh1
1Institut Pasteur, unité de génétique moléculaire des virus à ARN, département de virologie, 75015 Paris, France, CNRS, UMR 3569, 75015 Paris, France, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, unité de génétique moléculaire des virus à ARN, 75015 Paris, France.
Abstract:
The study of molecular interactions between viral components and cellular components have become a very active field of research during the recent years. At stake is a better understanding of the determinants of viral pathogenicity and zoonotic potential, and the identification of new therapeutic targets. The viral ribonucleoproteins (vRNPs), which are key components of the viral multiplication cycle and relatively conserved, are of particular interest. Various methodological approaches, including high-throughput screens, have been developed in order to identify cellular factors that are physically or functionally associated to vRNPs. The documented vRNP-host cell interactions are mainly related to the nucleocytoplamic trafficking of vRNPs, to the synthesis and maturation of viral RNAs, and not so expectedly, to the regulation of the innate immune response to viral infection. However, we are far from unraveling the complexity and dynamics of these interactions and from understanding which ones are most critical with respect to host-range.
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