A paralogous pair of mammalian host restriction factors form a critical host barrier against poxvirus infection

• Xiangzhi Meng,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Institute of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, Jining Medical College, Jining, Shandong, China

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• Fushun Zhang,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

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• Bo Yan,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

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• Chuanping Si,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Institute of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, Jining Medical College, Jining, Shandong, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7539-5092

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• Hiroaki Honda,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Institute of Laboratory Animals, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Akiko Nagamachi,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Oncology and Leukemia Program Project, Hiroshima University, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Lu-Zhe Sun,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Cell Systems & Anatomy, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7117-4559

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• Yan Xiang

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: xiangy@uthscsa.edu

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7633-1629

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