Publikationsdatum:
2016-10-12
Beschreibung:
Mumps virus (MuV) remains an important pathogen worldwide, causing epidemic parotitis, orchitis, meningitis, and encephalitis. Here we show that MuV preferentially uses a trisaccharide containing α2,3-linked sialic acid in unbranched sugar chains as a receptor. Crystal structures of the MuV attachment protein hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (MuV-HN) alone and in complex with the...
Print ISSN:
0027-8424
Digitale ISSN:
1091-6490
Thema:
Biologie
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Medizin
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Allgemeine Naturwissenschaft