Cloning and Characterization of the Antiviral Activity of Feline Tetherin/BST-2

Human Tetherin/BST-2 has recently been identified as a cellular antiviral factor that blocks the release of various enveloped viruses. In this study, we cloned a cDNA fragment encoding a feline homolog of Tetherin/BST-2 and characterized the protein product. The degree of amino acid sequence identit...

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Main Authors: Fukuma, Aiko, Abe, Masumi, Morikawa, Yuko, Miyazawa, Takayuki, Yasuda, Jiro
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3066219/