Dirty Rotten Poxviruses

unluckyluciano · Apr 28, 2008

It might not be the most elegant entrance, but poxviruses have engineered a way to sneak into cells through the garbage chute. According to a new study, the virus disguises itself as junk so that it will be gobbled by cells cleaning up floating debris.
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Weird thats the same way I sneak into nightclubs.

Because most cells also use their "drinking" mechanism to suck up the remains of old cells, the team wondered if the virus was playing dead. They found that the virus's surface was studded with phosphatidylserine, a lipid that also flags dead cells as garbage. Removing lipids from the virus's surface stopped infection, and recoating the virus with phosphatidylserine restarted it.
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