Viruses in camouflage
The vaccinia virus acts like a Trojan Horse to enter its host cells: it envelops itself in the membrane of a dying cell, and is then taken up by healthy cells.
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Veröffentlicht in: | Nature (London) 2008-05, Vol.453 (7194), p.466-467 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The vaccinia virus acts like a Trojan Horse to enter its host cells: it envelops itself in the membrane of a dying cell, and is then taken up by healthy cells. |
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ISSN: | 0028-0836 1476-4687 |
DOI: | 10.1038/453466a |