Chikungunya virus strains from each genetic clade bind sulfated glycosaminoglycans as attachment factors
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arthritogenic alphavirus that causes debilitating musculoskeletal disease. CHIKV displays broad cell, tissue, and species tropism, which may correlate with the attachment factors and entry receptors used by the virus. Cell-surface glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) have been i...
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Format: | article |
Language: | eng |
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2020
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10773/29873 |
Country: | Portugal |
Oai: | oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/29873 |