Prevention of Cellular Suicide by Cytomegaloviruses

As intracellular parasites, viruses rely on many host cell functions to ensure their replication. The early induction of programmed cell death (PCD) in infected cells constitutes an effective antiviral host mechanism to restrict viral spread within an organism. As a countermeasure, viruses have evol...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wolfram Brune, Patricia M. Fliss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-10-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
M45
M36
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/4/10/1928