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An Alphaherpesvirus Exploits Antimicrobial β-Defensins To Initiate Respiratory Tract Infection
β-Defensins protect the respiratory tract against the myriad of microbial pathogens entering the airways with each breath. However, this potentially hostile environment is known to serve as a portal of entry for herpesviruses. The lack of suitable respiratory model systems has precluded understandin...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7108845/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31996426 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.01676-19 |