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SUBMITTER: Avirutnan P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2092380 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Avirutnan Panisadee P Zhang Lijuan L Punyadee Nuntaya N Manuyakorn Ananya A Puttikhunt Chunya C Kasinrerk Watchara W Malasit Prida P Atkinson John P JP Diamond Michael S MS
PLoS pathogens 20071101 11
Dengue virus (DENV) nonstructural protein-1 (NS1) is a secreted glycoprotein that is absent from viral particles but accumulates in the supernatant and on the plasma membrane of cells during infection. Immune recognition of cell surface NS1 on endothelial cells has been hypothesized as a mechanism for the vascular leakage that occurs during severe DENV infection. However, it has remained unclear how NS1 becomes associated with the plasma membrane, as it contains no membrane-spanning sequence mot ...[more]