Weiwei Zhou, Jindie Hong, Jinying Han, Fuchuan Cai, Qi Tang, Qian Yu, Guohui Li, Shangshang Ma, Xiaoyong Liu, Shuhao Huo, Keping Chen, Feifei Zhu
Interacting with cell surface attachment factors or receptors is the first step for virus infection. Glycans cover a thick layer on eukaryotic cells and are potential targets of various viruses. Bombyx mori nuclear polyhedrosis viruses (BmNPV) is a baculovirus that causes huge economic loss to the sericulture industry but the mechanism of infection is unclear. Looking for potential host receptors for the virus is an important task. In this study, we investigated the role of glycosaminoglycan (GAG) modifications, including heparan sulfate (HS) and chondroitin sulfate (CS), during BmNPV infection...
October 12, 2023: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules