Hepatitis C virus and other Flaviviridae viruses enter cells via low density lipoprotein receptor

Agnello, Vincent; Ábel, György; Elfahal, Mutasim; B. Knight, Glenn; Zhang, Qing-Xiu

doi:10.1073/pnas.96.22.12766

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Hepatitis C virus and other Flaviviridae viruses enter cells via low density lipoprotein receptor

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences • Oct 26, 1999

Authors:

Vincent Agnello

György Ábel

Mutasim Elfahal

Abstract

Endocytosis of the Flaviviridae viruses, hepatitis C virus, GB virus C/hepatitis G virus, and bovine viral diarrheal virus (BVDV) was shown to be mediated by low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors on cultured cells by several lines of evidence: by the demonstration that endocytosis of these virus c...

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Endocytosis

LDL receptor

Biology

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