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