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SUBMITTER: Rustmeier NH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6832341 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rustmeier Nils H NH Strebl Michael M Stehle Thilo T
Viruses 20191014 10
Virus infections are initiated by the attachment of the viral particle to protein or carbohydrate receptors on the host cell. Sialic acid-bearing glycan structures are prominently displayed at the cell surface, and, consequently, these structures can function as receptors for a large number of diverse viruses. Structural biology research has helped to establish the molecular bases for many virus-sialic acid interactions. Due to the icosahedral 532 point group symmetry that underlies many viral c ...[more]