Targeting the latent cytomegalovirus reservoir with an antiviral fusion toxin protein

Reactivation of human cytomegalovirus in immunosuppressed transplant patients can cause severe complications. Here, Krishnaet al. show that a fusion toxin protein that specifically binds the viral surface protein US28 can be used to kill latently infected monocytes and their progenitor cells in vitr...

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Main Authors: B. A. Krishna, K. Spiess, E. L. Poole, B. Lau, S. Voigt, T. N. Kledal, M. M. Rosenkilde, J. H. Sinclair
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/6b51dc5db95748729925ab3ac515e35e
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