Building a Flu Factory from Host Cell Components (IMAGE)

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Building a Flu Factory from Host Cell Components

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A quantitative proteomic study of how influenza virus affects lung cell lines found that in infected cells, the protein synthesis machinery moves from its usual location into the autophagosome, where new flu particles (like the one shown in this picture) are built.

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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health

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