| Literature DB >> 12878543 |
Agostina Pietrantoni1, Assunta Maria Di Biase, Antonella Tinari, Magda Marchetti, Piera Valenti, Lucilla Seganti, Fabiana Superti.
Abstract
We recently demonstrated that lactoferrin, an antimicrobial glycoprotein, can inhibit adenovirus infection by competing for common glycosaminoglycan receptors. This study further characterizes the antiadenovirus activity of the protein, thus demonstrating that lactoferrin neutralizes infection by binding to adenovirus particles and that its targets are viral III and IIIa structural polypeptides.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12878543 PMCID: PMC166106 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.8.2688-2691.2003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191