Specific acquisition of functional CD59 but not CD46 or CD55 by hepatitis C virus.

Specific acquisition of functional CD59 but not CD46 or CD55 by hepatitis C virus.

Viruses of different families encode for regulators of the complement system (RCAs) or acquire such RCAs from the host to get protection against complement-mediated lysis (CML). As hepatitis C virus (HCV) shares no genetic similarity to any known RCA and is detectable at high titers in sera of infec...

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Main Authors: Asim Ejaz, Eike Steinmann, Zoltán Bánki, Anggakusuma, Sana Khalid, Susanne Lengauer, Corinne Wilhelm, Heinz Zoller, Anna Schloegl, Joerg Steinmann, Elena Grabski, Michael Kleines, Thomas Pietschmann, Heribert Stoiber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23049856/?tool=EBI

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