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  1. Discover the Future of Virus Vector: Introducing Photocontrollable Bovine Parainfluenza Virus Type 3
  2. Performance Evaluation of Real-Time RT-PCR Assays for the Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 Developed by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
  3. Less frequent sequence mismatches in variants of concern (VOCs) of SARS-CoV-2 in the real-time RT-PCR assays developed by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
  4. HAI-2, a host factor that brakes the growth of SARS-CoV-2
  5. For the Final Phase of Fight Against Polio Virus
  6. Canine distemper virus infecting monkeys. Is it safe for humans? Why you can say so?
  7. Computational Analysis Reveals a Critical Point Mutation in the N-Terminal Region of the Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule Responsible for the Cross-Species Infection with Canine Distemper Virus
  8. An Ultra-Rapid Real-Time RT-PCR Method Using the PCR1100 to Detect Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2
  9. Fighting SARS-CoV-2: A Rapid Effort in the Early Days of an Epidemic in Japan
  10. Recent Molecular Evolution of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV): Subdivision of HMPV A2b Strains
  11. Measles Virus Hemagglutinin Protein Establishes a Specific Interaction With the Extreme N-Terminal Region of Human Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule to Enhance Infection
  12. Rapidly developed and superior detection method for SARS-CoV-2 in Japan very early in the epidemic.
  13. Antiviral activities of mycophenolic acid and IMD‐0354 against SARS‐CoV‐2
  14. Phocine distemper virus uses phocine and other animal SLAMs as a receptor but not human SLAM
  15. Environmental Sampling for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 During a COVID-19 Outbreak on the Diamond Princess Cruise Ship
  16. Syrian hamsters as a small animal model for SARS-CoV-2 infection and countermeasure development
  17. The Anticoagulant Nafamostat Potently Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 S Protein-Mediated Fusion in a Cell Fusion Assay System and Viral Infection In Vitro in a Cell-Type-Dependent Manner
  18. The species barrier of morbilliviruses may be surprisingly low
  19. VeroE6/TMPRSS2 cell line for isolation of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2
  20. Non-transmissible MV Vector with Segmented RNA Genome Establishes Different Types of iPSCs from Hematopoietic Cells
  21. The initial response of the laboratory diagnosis team to SARS-CoV-2 in Japan and the current situation
  22. Heat Shock Protein 90 Ensures the Integrity of Rubella Virus p150 Protein and Supports Viral Replication
  23. Why distemper virus infects dogs?
  24. Biophysical characterization and single‐chain Fv construction of a neutralizing antibody to measles virus
  25. Genetic Characterization of Measles and Rubella Viruses Detected Through Global Measles and Rubella Elimination Surveillance, 2016–2018
  26. Nationwide Molecular Epidemiology of Measles Virus in Japan Between 2008 and 2017
  27. Viruses killing dolphines, whales, and seals.
  28. Unleashing Precision in Gene Therapy and Cancer Treatment: Photocontrollable Mononegaviruses
  29. The R2TP complex regulates paramyxovirus RNA synthesis
  30. Consensus and variations in cell line specificity among human metapneumovirus strains
  31. The Association Between Documentation of Koplik Spots and Laboratory Diagnosis of Measles and Other Rash Diseases in a National Measles Surveillance Program in Japan
  32. Critical role of TMPRSS2 for MERS and SARS pathology
  33. Acute Respiratory Infection in Human Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4-Transgenic Mice Infected with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
  34. Predominant Detection of the Subgroup A2b Human Metapneumovirus Strain with a 111-Nucleotide Duplication in the G gene in Yokohama City, Japan in 2018
  35. Protease-dependent virus tropism and pathogenicity: The role for TMPRSS2
  36. New human metapneumovirus variatn strain
  37. Entry mechanism of rubella virus: Role for membrane lipids
  38. Analysis of VSV pseudotype virus infection mediated by rubella virus envelope proteins
  39. Molecular Epidemiology of Rubella Virus Strains Detected Around the Time of the 2012–2013 Epidemic in Japan
  40. A method for detecting rash and fever illness-associated viruses using multiplex reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
  41. Expression of canine distemper virus receptor nectin-4 in the central nervous system of dogs
  42. Evolution of human metapneumovirus: New variants emerged in 2014.
  43. Heat Shock Protein 90 Ensures Efficient Mumps Virus Replication by Assisting with Viral Polymerase Complex Formation
  44. Measles Virus
  45. Corrigendum to “Evaluation of sensitivity of TaqMan RT-PCR for rubella virus detection in clinical specimens” [J. Clin. Virol. 80 (2016) 98–101]
  46. Identification of Nafamostat as a Potent Inhibitor of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus S Protein-Mediated Membrane Fusion Using the Split-Protein-Based Cell-Cell Fusion Assay
  47. Measles Virus Hemagglutinin Protein Epitopes: The Basis of Antigenic Stability
  48. Measles
  49. Difference between Flu A and Flu B viruses in their activation mechanism
  50. Evaluation of sensitivity of TaqMan RT-PCR for rubella virus detection in clinical specimens
  51. Chronological changes of mumps virus genotypes in Japan between 1999–2013
  52. Global Measles and Rubella Laboratory Network Support for Elimination Goals, 2010–2015
  53. Development of Monoclonal Antibody and Diagnostic Test for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Using Cell-Free Synthesized Nucleocapsid Antigen
  54. Analysis of the temperature sensitivity of Japanese rubella vaccine strain TO-336.vac and its effect on immunogenicity in the guinea pig
  55. Amino acid substitutions in the heptad repeat A and C regions of the F protein responsible for neurovirulence of measles virus Osaka-1 strain from a patient with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
  56. A chicken homologue of nectin-4 functions as a measles virus receptor
  57. Non Susceptibility of Neonatal and Adult Rats against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
  58. Mumps Virus Is Released from the Apical Surface of Polarized Epithelial Cells, and the Release Is Facilitated by a Rab11-Mediated Transport System
  59. Molecular evolution of haemagglutinin (H) gene in measles virus
  60. 5. Newly Developed Measles Virus Vector Can Simultaneously Transfer Multiple Genes Into Human Hematopoietic Cells and Induce Ground State Like Pluripotent Stem Cells
  61. Alternative (TMPRSS2-independent) activation mechanism of influenza virus
  62. Transmembrane serine protease TMPRSS2 activates hepatitis C virus infection
  63. Heat Shock Protein 70 Regulates Degradation of the Mumps Virus Phosphoprotein via the Ubiquitin-Proteasome Pathway
  64. Development of an improved RT-LAMP assay for detection of currently circulating rubella viruses
  65. Biased hypermutation occurred frequently in a gene inserted into the IC323 recombinant measles virus during its persistence in the brains of nude mice
  66. Short Self-Interacting N-Terminal Region of Rubella Virus Capsid Protein Is Essential for Cooperative Actions of Capsid and Nonstructural p150 Proteins
  67. Ongoing increase in measles cases following importations, Japan, March 2014: times of challenge and opportunity
  68. Functionally Distinct Effects of the C-Terminal Regions of IKKε and TBK1 on Type I IFN Production
  69. Biological Activating Enzyme of Influenza Viruses Finally Revealed
  70. An Outbreak of Acute Respiratory Infections due to Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus in a Nursing Home for the Elderly in Ibaraki, Japan, 2014
  71. The V Protein of Canine Distemper Virus Is Required for Virus Replication in Human Epithelial Cells
  72. The MyD88 Pathway in Plasmacytoid and CD4+ Dendritic Cells Primarily Triggers Type I IFN Production against Measles Virus in a Mouse Infection Model
  73. The Measles Virus Nucleocapsid Protein Tail Domain Is Dispensable for Viral Polymerase Recruitment and Activity
  74. TMPRSS2 Is an Activating Protease for Respiratory Parainfluenza Viruses
  75. Measles Virus Nonstructural C Protein Modulates Viral RNA Polymerase Activity by Interacting with Host Protein SHCBP1
  76. Canine Distemper Virus Associated with a Lethal Outbreak in Monkeys Can Readily Adapt To Use Human Receptors
  77. Simple method for differentiating measles vaccine from wild‐type strains using loop‐mediated isothermal amplification
  78. The Receptor-Binding Site of the Measles Virus Hemagglutinin Protein Itself Constitutes a Conserved Neutralizing Epitope
  79. Sensitive detection of measles virus infection in the blood and tissues of humanized mouse by one-step quantitative RT-PCR
  80. Canine distemper virus with the intact C protein has the potential to replicate in human epithelial cells by using human nectin4 as a receptor
  81. Molecular Evolution of Hemagglutinin (H) Gene in Measles Virus Genotypes D3, D5, D9, and H1
  82. Lethal Canine Distemper Virus Outbreak in Cynomolgus Monkeys in Japan in 2008
  83. Functional and Structural Characterization of Neutralizing Epitopes of Measles Virus Hemagglutinin Protein
  84. Triggering the measles virus membrane fusion machinery
  85. Nectin4 Is an Epithelial Cell Receptor for Canine Distemper Virus and Involved in Neurovirulence
  86. HIV-1 Infection Ex Vivo Accelerates Measles Virus Infection by Upregulating Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule (SLAM) in CD4+ T Cells
  87. Wild-Type Measles Virus is Intrinsically Dual-Tropic
  88. Morvilliviruses
  89. The SI Strain of Measles Virus Derived from a Patient with Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis Possesses Typical Genome Alterations and Unique Amino Acid Changes That Modulate Receptor Specificity and Reduce Membrane Fusion Activity
  90. Global Distribution of Measles Genotypes and Measles Molecular Epidemiology
  91. Genetic Characterization of Measles Vaccine Strains
  92. Elucidation of the full genetic information of Japanese rubella vaccines and the genetic changes associated with in vitro and in vivo vaccine virus phenotypes
  93. PIASy Inhibits Virus-induced and Interferon-stimulated Transcription through Distinct Mechanisms
  94. Two Different Receptors for Wild Type Measles Virus
  95. Efficient Activation of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Spike Protein by the Transmembrane Protease TMPRSS2
  96. PS2-48 PIASy inhibits virus induced type I interferon production
  97. Conversion of viable but nonculturable Vibrio cholerae to the culturable state by co-culture with eukaryotic cells
  98. The F Gene of the Osaka-2 Strain of Measles Virus Derived from a Case of Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis Is a Major Determinant of Neurovirulence
  99. Corrigendum to “Enhanced Antitumor Effects of an Engineered Measles Virus Edmonston Strain Expressing the Wild-type N, P, L Genes on Human Renal Cell Carcinoma”
  100. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Abolishes the Susceptibility of Polarized Epithelial Cell Lines to Measles Virus
  101. Enhanced Antitumor Effects of an Engineered Measles Virus Edmonston Strain Expressing the Wild-type N, P, L Genes on Human Renal Cell Carcinoma
  102. The Matrix Protein of Measles Virus Regulates Viral RNA Synthesis and Assembly by Interacting with the Nucleocapsid Protein
  103. Both RIG-I and MDA5 RNA Helicases Contribute to the Induction of Alpha/Beta Interferon in Measles Virus-Infected Human Cells
  104. A Highly Attenuated Measles Virus Vaccine Strain Encodes a Fully Functional C Protein
  105. Mitofusin 2 Inhibits Mitochondrial Antiviral Signaling
  106. The Matrix Protein of Measles Virus Regulates Viral RNA Synthesis and Assembly by Interacting with the Nucleocapsid Protein
  107. Reduced ability of hemagglutinin of the CAM-70 measles virus vaccine strain to use receptors CD46 and SLAM
  108. Proteolytic Activation of the 1918 Influenza Virus Hemagglutinin
  109. Measles Virus Receptors
  110. Measles Viruses Possessing the Polymerase Protein Genes of the Edmonston Vaccine Strain Exhibit Attenuated Gene Expression and Growth in Cultured Cells and SLAM Knock-In Mice
  111. Measles Virus Circumvents the Host Interferon Response by Different Actions of the C and V Proteins
  112. Efficient Multiplication of Human Metapneumovirus in Vero Cells Expressing the Transmembrane Serine Protease TMPRSS2
  113. Measles virus breaks through epithelial cell barriers to achieve transmission
  114. Homogeneous sugar modification improves crystallization of measles virus hemagglutinin
  115. Measles Virus Infects both Polarized Epithelial and Immune Cells by Using Distinctive Receptor-Binding Sites on Its Hemagglutinin
  116. Role of Lipid Microdomains in Influenza Virus Multiplication
  117. Crystal structure of measles virus hemagglutinin provides insight into effective vaccines
  118. A Human Lung Carcinoma Cell Line Supports Efficient Measles Virus Growth and Syncytium Formation via a SLAM- and CD46-Independent Mechanism
  119. Altered Interaction of the Matrix Protein with the Cytoplasmic Tail of Hemagglutinin Modulates Measles Virus Growth by Affecting Virus Assembly and Cell-Cell Fusion
  120. Reverse Genetics System for Measles Virus: Establishment and Applications for Analysis of Virus Replication and Pathogenesis
  121. Multiple Amino Acid Substitutions in Hemagglutinin Are Necessary for Wild-Type MeaslesVirus To Acquire the Ability To Use Receptor CD46 Efficiently
  122. Measles Virus Infection of SLAM (CD150) Knockin Mice Reproduces Tropism and Immunosuppression in Human Infection
  123. Rescue system for measles virus from cloned cDNA driven by vaccinia virus Lister vaccine strain
  124. Measles virus: cellular receptors, tropism and pathogenesis
  125. Translational Inhibition and Increased Interferon Induction in Cells Infected with C Protein-Deficient Measles Virus
  126. Recombinant wild-type measles virus containing a single N481Y substitution in its haemagglutinin cannot use receptor CD46 as efficiently as that having the haemagglutinin of the Edmonston laboratory strain
  127. Generation of Measles Virus with a Segmented RNA Genome
  128. Contributions of Matrix and Large Protein Genes of the Measles Virus Edmonston Strain to Growth in Cultured Cells as Revealed by Recombinant Viruses
  129. Long Untranslated Regions of the Measles Virus M and F Genes Control Virus Replication and Cytopathogenicity
  130. Influenza Virus Hemagglutinin (H3 Subtype) Requires Palmitoylation of Its Cytoplasmic Tail for Assembly: M1 Proteins of Two Subtypes Differ in Their Ability To Support Assembly
  131. Stringent Requirement for the C Protein of Wild-Type Measles Virus for Growth both In Vitro and in Macaques
  132. Efficient rescue of measles virus from cloned cDNA using SLAM-expressing Chinese hamster ovary cells
  133. Cell tropism of wild-type measles virus is affected by amino acid substitutions in the P, V and M proteins, or by a truncation in the C protein
  134. Dissection of measles virus V protein in relation to its ability to block alpha/beta interferon signal transduction
  135. Lipid Raft and Influenza Virus-Viral Glycoproteins on a Raft-
  136. Mechanism of up-regulation of human Toll-like receptor 3 secondary to infection of measles virus-attenuated strains
  137. Influenza virus hemagglutinin concentrates in lipid raft microdomains for efficient viral fusion
  138. Wild-type measles virus induces large syncytium formation in primary human small airway epithelial cells by a SLAM(CD150)-independent mechanism
  139. Influenza B Virus BM2 Protein Has Ion Channel Activity that Conducts Protons across Membranes
  140. Measles virus V protein blocks interferon (IFN)‐α/β but not IFN‐γ signaling by inhibiting STAT1 and STAT2 phosphorylation
  141. Influenza B virus BM2 protein is an oligomeric integral membrane protein expressed at the cell surface
  142. SLAM (CD150)-Independent Measles Virus Entry as Revealed by Recombinant Virus Expressing Green Fluorescent Protein
  143. Recombinant Wild-Type and Edmonston Strain Measles Viruses Bearing Heterologous H Proteins: Role of H Protein in Cell Fusion and Host Cell Specificity
  144. Influenza A Virus M2 Ion Channel Activity Is Essential for Efficient Replication in Tissue Culture
  145. Death by influenza virus protein
  146. Recovery of Pathogenic Measles Virus from Cloned cDNA
  147. The Genome Nucleotide Sequence of a Contemporary Wild Strain of Measles Virus and Its Comparison with the Classical Edmonston Strain Genome