Abstract. The cellular receptor for the Old World arenaviruses Lassa fever virus (LFV) and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) has recently been identified ...NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutJournalListJVirolv.79(10);2005MayPMC1091707JVirol.2005May;79(10):5979–5987.doi: 10.1128/JVI.79.10.5979-5987.2005PMCID:PMC1091707PMID:15857984CharacterizationoftheInteractionofLassaFeverViruswithItsCellularReceptorα-DystroglycanStefanKunz,1,*JillianM.Rojek,1MarPerez,1ChristinaF.Spiropoulou,2andMichaelB.A.Oldstone1StefanKunzDivisionofVirology,DepartmentofNeuropharmacology,TheScrippsResearchInstitute,LaJolla,California92037,1SpecialPathogensBranch,CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention,Atlanta,Georgia303332FindarticlesbyStefanKunzJillianM.RojekDivisionofVirology,DepartmentofNeuropharmacology,TheScrippsResearchInstitute,LaJolla,California92037,1SpecialPathogensBranch,CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention,Atlanta,Georgia303332FindarticlesbyJillianM.RojekMarPerezDivisionofVirology,DepartmentofNeuropharmacology,TheScrippsResearchInstitute,LaJolla,California92037,1SpecialPathogensBranch,CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention,Atlanta,Georgia303332FindarticlesbyMarPerezChristinaF.SpiropoulouDivisionofVirology,DepartmentofNeuropharmacology,TheScrippsResearchInstitute,LaJolla,California92037,1SpecialPathogensBranch,CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention,Atlanta,Georgia303332FindarticlesbyChristinaF.SpiropoulouMichaelB.A.OldstoneDivisionofVirology,DepartmentofNeuropharmacology,TheScrippsResearchInstitute,LaJolla,California92037,1SpecialPathogensBranch,CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention,Atlanta,Georgia303332FindarticlesbyMichaelB.A.OldstoneAuthorinformationArticlenotesCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimerDivisionofVirology,DepartmentofNeuropharmacology,TheScrippsResearchInstitute,LaJolla,California92037,1SpecialPathogensBranch,CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention,Atlanta,Georgia303332*Correspondingauthor.Mailingaddress:D