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Induction of cell-cell fusion by ectromelia virus is not inhibited by its fusion inhibitory complex

BACKGROUND: Ectromelia virus, a member of the Orthopox genus, is the causative agent of the highly infectious mousepox disease. Previous studies have shown that different poxviruses induce cell-cell fusion which is manifested by the formation of multinucleated-giant cells (polykaryocytes). This phen...

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Autores principales: Erez, Noam, Paran, Nir, Maik-Rachline, Galia, Politi, Boaz, Israely, Tomer, Schnider, Paula, Fuchs, Pinhas, Melamed, Sharon, Lustig, Shlomo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2760862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19785778
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-6-151