Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have determined how Eastern equine encephalitis virus attaches to a receptor it uses to enter and infect cells. The whole virus is shown on the left and a magnified view of the viral structural proteins on the right. The findings laid the groundwork for a receptor decoy molecule that protects mice from encephalitis caused by the virus.
Study reveals clues to how Eastern equine encephalitis virus invades brain cells
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