Prion protein protects mice from lethal infection with influenza A viruses

• Junji Chida,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute for Enzyme Research (KOSOKEN), Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan

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• Hideyuki Hara,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute for Enzyme Research (KOSOKEN), Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan

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• Masashi Yano,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute for Enzyme Research (KOSOKEN), Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan

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• Keiji Uchiyama,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute for Enzyme Research (KOSOKEN), Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5667-3509

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• Nandita Rani Das,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute for Enzyme Research (KOSOKEN), Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan

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• Etsuhisa Takahashi,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Division of Enzyme Chemistry, Institute for Enzyme Research, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan

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• Hironori Miyata,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Animal Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan

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• Yukiko Tomioka,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Avian Zoonosis Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Koyama-cho, Tottori, Japan

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• Toshihiro Ito,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Avian Zoonosis Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Koyama-cho, Tottori, Japan

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• Hiroshi Kido,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Division of Enzyme Chemistry, Institute for Enzyme Research, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan

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• Suehiro Sakaguchi

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sakaguchi@tokushima-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Division of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute for Enzyme Research (KOSOKEN), Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8824-3124

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