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SUBMITTER: Funk A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2573206 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Funk Anneke A Mhamdi Mouna M Hohenberg Heinz H Heeren Jörg J Reimer Rudolph R Lambert Carsten C Prange Reinhild R Sirma Hüseyin H
Journal of virology 20080903 21
The identity and functionality of biological membranes are determined by cooperative interaction between their lipid and protein constituents. Cholesterol is an important structural lipid that modulates fluidity of biological membranes favoring the formation of detergent-resistant microdomains. In the present study, we evaluated the functional role of cholesterol and lipid rafts for entry of hepatitis B viruses into hepatocytes. We show that the duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV) attaches predominant ...[more]