Virus entry into animal cells is initiated by attachment to receptors and is followed by important conformational changes of viral proteins, penetration through (non-enveloped viruses) or fusion ...

The initial steps of viral infection involve the specific attachment of the viral particle to receptor(s) on the cell surface, followed by internalization of the virus into the cell and the ...

Bird flu has spread so widely that it was always going to make someone seriously sick.

A SARS-CoV-2 particle enters a person's nose or mouth and floats in the airway until it brushes against a lung cell that has an ACE2 receptor on the surface. The virus binds to that cell ...

Ebola is generally known to spread through contact with bodily fluids from individuals who have the infection.

Such molecular evolution driven to escape virus infection has been reported for other virus receptors ... useful for the design of such anti-HBV entry inhibitors.” Koichi Watashi, Visiting ...

Historically, this virus has caused up to 30% fatality in humans. The researchers sought to understand the mutations necessary to fully switch host receptor recognition to humans. They found that ...

Study findings spotlight a highly potent source of Ebola virus shedding with the potential for person-to-person transmission.