| Literature DB >> 25520511 |
Paulo Boratto1, Jonas Dutra Albarnaz1, Gabriel Magno de Freitas Almeida1, Lucas Botelho1, Alide Caroline Lima Fontes2, Adriana Oliveira Costa3, Daniel de Assis Santos2, Cláudio Antônio Bonjardim1, Bernard La Scola4, Erna Geessien Kroon1, Jônatas Santos Abrahão5.
Abstract
Acanthamoeba is a genus of free-living amoebas distributed worldwide. Few studies have explored the interactions between these protozoa and their infecting giant virus, Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV). Here we show that, once the amoebal encystment is triggered, trophozoites become significantly resistant to APMV. Otherwise, upon infection, APMV is able to interfere with the expression of a serine proteinase related to amoebal encystment and the encystment can no longer be triggered.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25520511 PMCID: PMC4325711 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.03177-14
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103