TWiV 166: Breaking and entering

Vincent, Dickson, Rich, and Alan review cell proteins essential for entry of hepatitis C, Ebola, and measles viruses. Links for this episode: Niemann-Pick C1 is entry factor for HCV (Nature Med) Ebola virus entry requires Niemann-Pick C1 (Nature one , two ) Nectin-4 is measles virus epithelial receptor ( Nature , PLoS Pathogens ) An exit strategy for measles virus (Science) On this day in history TWiV on Facebook Letters read on TWiV 166