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Virus Entry by Endocytosis

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This review focuses on the cell biology of virus entry and the different strategies and endocytic mechanisms used by animal viruses.
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Although viruses are simple in structure and composition, their interactions with host cells are complex. Merely to gain entry, animal viruses make use of a repertoire of cellular processes that involve hundreds of cellular proteins. Although some viruses have the capacity to penetrate into the cytosol directly through the plasma membrane, most depend on endocytic uptake, vesicular transport through the cytoplasm, and delivery to endosomes and other intracellular organelles. The internalization may involve clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME), macropinocytosis, caveolar/lipid raft-mediated endocytosis, or a variety of other still poorly characterized mechanisms. This review focuses on the cell biology of virus entry and the different strategies and endocytic mechanisms used by animal viruses.

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The paper discusses different endocytic mechanisms used by animal viruses for entry into host cells, including clathrin-mediated endocytosis, macropinocytosis, and caveolar/lipid raft-mediated endocytosis.