Reposted by Daniel Nash
Now published in Science Advances @science.org
Herpes simplex virus has a single protein that completely silences neuronal activity by removing ion channels from the cell surface 🧠🤫⚡
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Bluetorial of the preprint 👇
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Herpes simplex virus pUL56 abolishes neuronal activity by removing voltage-gated ion channels from the plasma membrane
Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) infections of the central nervous system cause encephalitis and are associated with increased risk of neurodegeneration, yet the molecular consequences of lytic infectio...
