Measles virus, a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality worldwide, predominantly infects immune cells using signaling lymphocyte activation molecule (SLAM) as a cellular receptor.

The structure of the dengue virus also suggests it employs a cell entry pathway ... the distal ß barrels of domain II of the glycoprotein E are inserted into the cellular membrane.

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University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have uncovered a key reason why HIV remains so difficult to cure: Their ...

Another possible mechanism by which the virus enters the cell is believed to be receptor-mediated endocytosis, after which the viral RNA is released into the cellular cytoplasm.

The study uncovered how HIV “hides,” an understanding that could help future treatments find and eradicate it.

Now, researchers used cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) to elucidate the structure of the Nipah virus polymerase complex (the large protein and phosphoprotein). Not only that, but they also ...

The virus that causes COVID-19 can alter the genomic structure of cells ... Chromatin “basically codes all our cellular functions,” Li said. MORE ABOUT COVID-19: A COVID lung transplant ...

Every living creature on Earth needs to protect itself from things that would do it harm. Bacteria are no different. And ...

“We do not understand what is happening at the cellular or molecular level to actually cause ... One of the immune system’s healthy functions is to attack viruses, and PNMA2’s virus-like structure ...

Newly discovered weapons of bacterial self-defense take different approaches to achieving the same goal: preventing a virus from spreading through the bacterial population.

"We do not understand what is happening at the cellular or molecular level ... functions is to attack viruses, and PNMA2's virus-like structure makes it particularly prone to being targeted ...