Phylogenetically Distant Viruses Use the Same BH3-Only Protein Puma to Trigger Bax/Bak-Dependent Apoptosis of Infected Mouse and Human Cells

• Emanuela Papaianni ,

  ¶‡ EP and SEM are co-first authors on this work. AM and CB are co-last authors on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Via F. Stagno d’Alcontres 31, I-98166, Messina, Italy, The Institute of Translational Pharmacology, CNR, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, I-00133, Rome, Italy, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Stefan Meier Strasse 17, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany

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• Souhayla El Maadidi ,

  ¶‡ EP and SEM are co-first authors on this work. AM and CB are co-last authors on this work.

  Affiliations Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Stefan Meier Strasse 17, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany, Faculty of Biology, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Schänzlestrasse 1, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany

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• Andrea Schejtman,

  Affiliations Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Stefan Meier Strasse 17, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany, IMBS Program between Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, and University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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• Simon Neumann,

  Affiliation Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Stefan Meier Strasse 17, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany

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• Ulrich Maurer,

  Affiliations Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Stefan Meier Strasse 17, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany, Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM), Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Albertstrasse 19a, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany, BIOSS, Centre for Biological Signaling Studies, Hebelstrasse 2, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany

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• Francesca Marino-Merlo,

  Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Via F. Stagno d’Alcontres 31, I-98166, Messina, Italy

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• Antonio Mastino ,

  * E-mail: amastino@unime.it (AM); christoph.borner@uniklinik-freiburg.de (CB)

  ¶‡ EP and SEM are co-first authors on this work. AM and CB are co-last authors on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Via F. Stagno d’Alcontres 31, I-98166, Messina, Italy, The Institute of Translational Pharmacology, CNR, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, I-00133, Rome, Italy

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• Christoph Borner

  * E-mail: amastino@unime.it (AM); christoph.borner@uniklinik-freiburg.de (CB)

  ¶‡ EP and SEM are co-first authors on this work. AM and CB are co-last authors on this work.

  Affiliations Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Stefan Meier Strasse 17, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany, Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM), Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Albertstrasse 19a, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany, BIOSS, Centre for Biological Signaling Studies, Hebelstrasse 2, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany

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