The envelope glycoprotein of human endogenous retrovirus type W uses a divergent family of amino acid transporters/cell surface receptors.
Lavillette D, Marin M, Ruggieri A, Mallet F, Cosset FL, Kabat D.
Lavillette D, et al.
J Virol. 2002 Jul;76(13):6442-52. doi: 10.1128/jvi.76.13.6442-6452.2002.
J Virol. 2002.
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Recent evidence suggested that HERV-W Env can mediate syncytium formation by interacting with the human sodium-dependent neutral amino acid transporter type 2 (hASCT2; gene name, SLC1A5) (J.-L. Blond, D. Lavillette, V. Cheynet, O. Bouton, G. Oriol, S. Chapel-Fernand …
Recent evidence suggested that HERV-W Env can mediate syncytium formation by interacting with the human sodium-dependent neutral amino acid …