André Berndt Penteado, Geovani de Oliveira Ribeiro, Emerson Luiz Lima Araújo, Rodrigo Bentes Kato, Caio Cesar de Melo Freire, Joselio Maria Galvão de Araújo, Gabriel da Luz Wallau, Richard Steiner Salvato, Ronaldo de Jesus, Geraldine Goés Bosco, Helena Ferreira Franz, Pedro Eduardo Almeida da Silva, Elcio de Souza Leal, Gustavo Henrique Goulart Trossini, Daniel Ferreira de Lima Neto
The Red Queen Hypothesis (RQH), derived from Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass", postulates that organisms must continually adapt in response to each other to maintain relative fitness. Within the context of host-pathogen interactions, the RQH implies an evolutionary arms race, wherein viruses evolve to exploit hosts and hosts evolve to resist viral invasion. This study delves into the dynamics of the RQH in the context of virus-cell interactions, specifically focusing on virus receptors and cell receptors...
April 18, 2024: Journal of Molecular Biology