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When animals and cells are infected with a virus, interferon is produced. Viral-nucleic acid is considered to be one of actual components for interferon induction. In addition, viral glycoproteins trigger interferon induction in lymphoid cells by membrane-membrane interaction via a lectin-like activity. A biological significance of lectin-like activity of viral glycoproteins is discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7527998 PMCID: PMC7086744 DOI: 10.1007/bf01379125
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Virol ISSN: 0304-8608 Impact factor: 2.574