Diversity within the adenovirus fiber knob hypervariable loops influences primary receptor interactions.
A. T. Baker, A. Greenshields-Watson, L. Coughlan, J. A. Davies, H. Uusi-Kerttula, D. K. Cole, P. J. Rizkallah, A. L. Parker
The paper investigates receptor interactions of HAdV-D26/48 fiber-knob protein, finding low affinity for CAR and no evidence of interaction with CD46 or Desmoglein 2.
bioRxiv · Jan 11, 2019Microbiology