Poliovirus and its cellular receptor: a
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David Solecki; Matthias Gromeier; James Harber; Günter Bernhardt; Eckard Wimmer
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The ability of a virus to attach to a suceptible host cell is of utmost importance for the initiation of viral life cycle. Cell surface proteins called viral receptors mediate the initial steps of virus attachment and uptake. Poliovirus (PV) is one of the most studied animal viruses and its interact