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SUBMITTER: Aguilar-Hernandez N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7824429 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Aguilar-Hernández Nayeli N Meyer Lena L López Susana S DuBois Rebecca M RM Arias Carlos F CF
Viruses 20201231 1
Although human astroviruses (HAstVs) are important agents of gastroenteritis in young children, the studies aimed at characterizing their biology have been limited, in particular regarding their cell entry process. It has been shown that HAstV serotype 8 enters human cells by a classical clathrin-mediated endocytosis pathway; however, the cell receptor or other cell entry factors that may be relevant for an efficient viral infection are unknown. In this work we used a far-Western blotting approa ...[more]