IFIT Protein: Foot Soldiers Of The Immune System
Sunday, January 13, 2013 - 17:30
in Biology & Nature
The IFIT protein enables the human immune system to detect viruses and prevent infection by acting as foot soldiers guarding the body against infection. They recognize foreign viral ribonucleic acid (RNA) produced by the virus and act as defender molecules by potentially latching onto the genome of the virus and preventing it from making copies of itself, blocking infection. read more