Deception through Mimicry: A Cellular Antiviral Strategy.

Wu, Nicholas C; Ward, Andrew B · Cell · 2018

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Viruses use mimicry to hijack cellular machinery, but can human cells use mimicry as an antiviral approach? Batra et al. identify a novel antiviral restriction factor, RBBP6, by characterizing the cellular interactome of Ebola virus. RBBP6 targets the Ebola virus transcription factor VP30 by mimicking the binding of Ebola virus nucleoprotein.

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