The GM2 Glycan Serves as a Functional Coreceptor for Serotype 1 Reovirus

Kerstin Reiss; Jennifer E. Stencel; Yan Liu; Bärbel S. Blaum; Dirk M. Reiter; Ten Feizi; Terence S. Dermody; Thilo Stehle

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003078

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The GM2 Glycan Serves as a Functional Coreceptor for Serotype 1 Reovirus

Kerstin Reiss ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kerstin Reiss, Jennifer E. Stencel

Affiliation Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Jennifer E. Stencel ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kerstin Reiss, Jennifer E. Stencel

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Elizabeth B. Lamb Center for Pediatric Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Yan Liu,

Affiliation Glycosciences Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Bärbel S. Blaum,

Affiliation Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Dirk M. Reiter,

Affiliation Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Ten Feizi,

Affiliation Glycosciences Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Terence S. Dermody ,

* E-mail: terry.dermody@vanderbilt.edu (TSD); thilo.stehle@uni-tuebingen.de (TS)

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Elizabeth B. Lamb Center for Pediatric Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Thilo Stehle

* E-mail: terry.dermody@vanderbilt.edu (TSD); thilo.stehle@uni-tuebingen.de (TS)

Affiliations Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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The GM2 Glycan Serves as a Functional Coreceptor for Serotype 1 Reovirus

Kerstin Reiss,
Jennifer E. Stencel,
Yan Liu,
Bärbel S. Blaum,
Dirk M. Reiter,
Ten Feizi,
Terence S. Dermody,
Thilo Stehle

Published: December 6, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003078

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