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    Suzuki S, Geri J, Knutson S, Bell-Temin H, Tamura T, Fernández D, Lovett G, Till N, Heller B, Guo J, MacMillan D, Ploss A. Photochemical Identification of Auxiliary Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Host Entry Factors Using μMap. J Am Chem Soc. 2022;144(36):16604–16611. PMCID: PMC9469761
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    King S, Singh M. Comparative genomic analysis reveals varying levels of mammalian adaptation to coronavirus infections. PLoS Comput Biol. 2021;17(11):e1009560. PMCID: PMC8601562
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    Sanders D, Jumper C, Ackerman P, Bracha D, Donlic A, Kim H, Kenney D, Castello-Serrano I, Suzuki S, Tamura T, Tavares A, Saeed M, Holehouse A, Ploss A, Levental I, Douam F, Padera R, Levy B, Brangwynne C. SARS-CoV-2 requires cholesterol for viral entry and pathological syncytia formation. Elife. 2021;10. PMCID: PMC8104966
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    Brown R, Tegtmeyer B, Sheldon J, Khera T, Todt D, Vieyres G, Weller R, Joecks S, Zhang Y, Sake S, Bankwitz D, Welsch K, Ginkel C, Engelmann M, Gerold G, Steinmann E, Yuan Q, Ott M, Vondran F, Krey T, Ströh L, Miskey C, Ivics Z, Herder V, Baumgärtner W, Lauber C, Seifert M, Tarr A, McClure P, Randall G, Baktash Y, Ploss A, Thi V, Michailidis E, Saeed M, Verhoye L, Meuleman P, Goedecke N, Wirth D, Rice C, Pietschmann T. Liver-expressed and limit hepatitis C virus cross-species transmission to mice. Sci Adv. 2020;6(45). PMCID: PMC7673688
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    Ramanathan H, Zhang S, Douam F, Mar K, Chang J, Yang P, Schoggins J, Ploss A, Lindenbach B. A Sensitive Yellow Fever Virus Entry Reporter Identifies Valosin-Containing Protein (VCP/p97) as an Essential Host Factor for Flavivirus Uncoating. mBio. 2020;11(2). PMCID: PMC7157815
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    Wu K, Oberstein A, Wang W, Shenk T. Role of PDGF receptor-α during human cytomegalovirus entry into fibroblasts. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018;115(42):E9889-E9898. PMCID: PMC6196492
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    Douam F, Fusil F, Enguehard M, Dib L, Nadalin F, Schwaller L, Hrebikova G, Mancip J, Mailly L, Montserret R, Ding Q, Maisse C, Carlot E, Xu K, Verhoeyen E, Baumert T, Ploss A, Carbone A, Cosset F-L, Lavillette D. A protein coevolution method uncovers critical features of the Hepatitis C Virus fusion mechanism. PLoS Pathog. 2018;14(3):e1006908. PMCID: PMC5854445
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    von Schaewen M, Dorner M, Hueging K, Foquet L, Gerges S, Hrebikova G, Heller B, Bitzegeio J, Doerrbecker J, Horwitz J, Gerold G, Suerbaum S, Rice C, Meuleman P, Pietschmann T, Ploss A. Expanding the Host Range of Hepatitis C Virus through Viral Adaptation. mBio. 2016;7(6). PMCID: PMC5101358
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    Ding Q, von Schaewen M, Hrebikova G, Heller B, Sandmann L, Plaas M, Ploss A. Mice Expressing Minimally Humanized CD81 and Occludin Genes Support Hepatitis C Virus Uptake In Vivo. J Virol. 2017;91(4). PMCID: PMC5286898
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    Perin P, Haid S, Brown R, Doerrbecker J, Schulze K, Zeilinger C, von Schaewen M, Heller B, Vercauteren K, Luxenburger E, Baktash Y, Vondran F, Speerstra S, Awadh A, Mukhtarov F, Schang L, Kirschning A, Müller R, Guzman C, Kaderali L, Randall G, Meuleman P, Ploss A, Pietschmann T. Flunarizine prevents hepatitis C virus membrane fusion in a genotype-dependent manner by targeting the potential fusion peptide within E1. Hepatology. 2016;63(1):49–62. PMCID: PMC4688136
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    Scull M, Shi C, de Jong Y, Gerold G, Ries M, von Schaewen M, Donovan B, Labitt R, Horwitz J, Gaska J, Hrebikova G, Xiao J, Flatley B, Fung C, Chiriboga L, Walker C, Evans D, Rice C, Ploss A. Hepatitis C virus infects rhesus macaque hepatocytes and simianized mice. Hepatology. 2015;62(1):57–67. PMCID: PMC4482775
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