Monday, April 2, 2018

New insight about how viruses use host proteins to their advantage

Viruses have a very limited set of genes and therefore must use the cellular machineries of their hosts for most parts of their growth. A new study has discovered a specific host protein that many viruses use for their transport within the cell. The discovery opens up new possibilities to develop a broad spectrum anti-viral therapy.



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