Despite extensive, recent research on the development of dendritic cells (DCs), their origin
is a controversial issue in immunology, with important implications regarding their use in …

Rotavirus entry into a cell is a complex multistep process in which different domains of the
rotavirus surface proteins interact with different cell surface molecules, which act as …

Rotaviruses are the leading etiological agents of acute gastroenteritis in infants and young
children worldwide. These nonenveloped viruses enter cells using different types of …

Transmission of Zika virus (ZIKV) in the Americas was first confirmed in May 2015 in northeast
Brazil 1 . Brazil has had the highest number of reported ZIKV cases worldwide (more than …

Plastic degradation by biological systems with re-utilization of the by-products could be a
future solution to the global threat of plastic waste accumulation. Here, we report that the saliva …

Rotavirus strains differ in their need for sialic acid (SA) for initial binding to the cell surface;
however, the existence of a postattachment cell receptor, common to most, if not all, rotavirus …

… 1 are identical except for 4 amino acid changes in the substrate binding pocket (SBP) domairi
cf the proteinase that change the DEN2 sequence in this regicn to that cf YF. (B). Clones …

Among etiologic agents, rotavirus is the major cause of severe dehydration diarrhea in infant
mammals. In vitro and in vivo studies have indicated that the human milk-fat globule protein …

Although metagenomics has been previously employed for pathogen discovery, its cost and
complexity have prevented its use as a practical front-line diagnostic for unknown infectious …

In this work, we have identified the heat shock cognate protein (hsc70) as a receptor
candidate for rotaviruses. hsc70 was shown to be present on the surface of MA104 cells, and …