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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MDPI AG
2012-10-01
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Series: | Viruses |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/4/10/1928 |