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Dentistry
Research on dentistry discussed by scientists at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
June 16th, 2009
"The recognition by a viral envelope of its cognate host-cell receptor is the initial critical step in defining the viral host-range and tissue specificity. This study combines a single-round of selection of a random envelope library with a parallel cDNA screen for receptor function to identify a distinct retroviral envelope/receptor pair," scientists writing in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America report. "The 11-aa targeting domain of the modified feline leukemia virus envelope consists of a constrained peptide. Critical to the binding of the constrained peptide envelope to its cellular receptor are a pair...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-06-16)
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