Sentences with phrase «host cell proteins help»

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The effort is complicated because there are some 16 types of key surface proteins (hemagglutinin) that help the virus bind to host cells, in addition to the several varieties of viral neuraminidase proteins.

In another study, Rezende helped functionally characterize the specific fragments of the cell surface protein, Als5p, that allows the pathogenic fungus, Candida albicans, to bind to its host.

In particular, they have examined the ways in which viruses hijack cell proteins to help regulate their exit and spread from the host cell through the budding process.

Immune cells examine these sugars to help them distinguish host proteins from invaders.