We recently demonstrated that lactoferrin, an antimicrobial glycoprotein, can inhibit adenovirus infection by competing for common glycosaminoglycan receptors. This study further characterizes the antiadenovirus activity of the protein, thus demonstrating that lactoferrin neutralizes infection by binding to adenovirus particles and that its targets are viral III and IIIa structural polypeptides.

Bovine lactoferrin inhibits adenovirus infection by interacting with viral structural polypeptides / A., Pietrantoni; A. M., Di Biase; A., Tinari; M., Marchetti; Valenti, Piera; Seganti, Lucilla; F., Superti. - In: ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY. - ISSN 0066-4804. - 47:8(2003), pp. 2688-2691. [10.1128/aac.47.8.2688-2691.2003]

Bovine lactoferrin inhibits adenovirus infection by interacting with viral structural polypeptides

VALENTI, PIERA;SEGANTI, Lucilla;
2003

Abstract

We recently demonstrated that lactoferrin, an antimicrobial glycoprotein, can inhibit adenovirus infection by competing for common glycosaminoglycan receptors. This study further characterizes the antiadenovirus activity of the protein, thus demonstrating that lactoferrin neutralizes infection by binding to adenovirus particles and that its targets are viral III and IIIa structural polypeptides.
2003
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Bovine lactoferrin inhibits adenovirus infection by interacting with viral structural polypeptides / A., Pietrantoni; A. M., Di Biase; A., Tinari; M., Marchetti; Valenti, Piera; Seganti, Lucilla; F., Superti. - In: ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY. - ISSN 0066-4804. - 47:8(2003), pp. 2688-2691. [10.1128/aac.47.8.2688-2691.2003]
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