El uso de los receptores de quimioquinas por parte de los poxvirus

A S Lalani1, J Masters, W Zeng

  • 1The John P. Robarts Research Institute and Department of Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6G 2V4, Canada.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|December 3, 1999
PubMed
Resumen

El virus del myxoma, un poxvirus, utiliza receptores quimiocinos como el CCR5 para entrar en las células, de manera similar al VIH. Sin embargo, su mecanismo de infección difiere, ofreciendo nuevos conocimientos sobre el tropismo viral y las interacciones huésped-patógeno.

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