Journal
FUTURE MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 5, Issue 4, Pages 571-584Publisher
FUTURE MEDICINE LTD
DOI: 10.2217/FMB.10.27
Keywords
capsid; mitochondria; replication; rubella virus; virus-host interactions
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Alberta Heritage Foundation
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
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Virus replication occurs in the midst of a life or death struggle between the virus and the infected host cell. To limit virus replication, host cells can activate a number of antiviral pathways, the most drastic of which is programmed cell death. Whereas large DNA viruses have the luxury of encoding accessory proteins whose main function is to interfere with host cell defences, the genomes of RNA viruses are not large enough to encode proteins of this type. Recent studies have revealed that proteins encoded by RNA viruses often play multiple roles in the battles between viruses and host cells. In this article, we discuss the many functions of the rubella virus capsid protein. This protein has well-defined roles in virus assembly, but recent research suggests that it also functions to modulate virus replication and block host cell defences.
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