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Usbio/146029 Rabbit Anti-West Nile Virus, Envelope, NT (West Nile Virus E Protein, WNV Envelope Protein, Envelope Protein, Genome Polyprotein, Major Envelope Protein E, WNVgp1)/146029/100ug
WestNileVirus(WNV)isamemberoftheFlaviviridae,aplus-strandedvirusfamilythatincludesSt.Louisencephalitisvirus,yellowfevervirus,andDenguevirus.WNVwasinitiallyisolatedin1937intheWestNileregionofUgandaandhasbecomeprevalentinAfrica,Asia,andEurope.IthasrapidlyspreadacrosstheUnitedStateswithcasesbeingobservedineverycontinentalstate.Virusparticlesconsistofadensecoremadeupofthecore/capsidproteinencapsulatingtheRNAgenomesurroundedbyamembraneenvelopeembeddedwithenvelopeandmatrixproteins.WhiletheviralcoreproteinisthoughttocontributetotheWNV-associatedinflammationviaapoptosisinducedthoughthecaspase-9pathway,thehighlyglycosylatedenvelopeproteinplaysamajorroleforWNVentryintotargetcellsasthisentrycanbeinhibitedbyusingarecombinantdomainIIIfromtheenvelopeglycoprotein.TheWNVreceptorhasrecentlybeenidentifiedasalphavbeta3integrin.