Avian coronaviruses of the genus Gammacoronavirus are represented by infectious
bronchitis virus (IBV), the coronavirus of chicken. IBV causes a highly contagious disease …

In the early 1930s, infectious bronchitis (IB) was first characterized as a respiratory disease
in young chickens; later, the disease was also described in older chickens. The etiology of IB …

Coronaviruses (CoV) cause common colds in humans, but are also responsible for the
recent Severe Acute, and Middle East, respiratory syndromes (SARS and MERS …

Lipid raft is an important element for the cellular entry of some viruses, including coronavirus
infectious bronchitis virus (IBV). However, the exact role of lipid rafts in the cellular …

Avian infectious bronchitis has caused huge economic losses in the poultry industry.
Previous studies have reported that infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) infection can produce …

It has been shown previously in the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-
CoV) that two point mutations, N15A and V25F, in the transmembrane domain (TMD) of the …

Viruses exploit molecules on the target membrane as receptors for attachment and entry into
host cells. Thus, receptor expression patterns can define viral tissue tropism and might to …

The naturally isolated avian coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) generally cannot
replicate in chicken kidney (CK) cells. To explore the molecular mechanism of IBV adapting …

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Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is a gammacoronavirus that causes a highly contagious
disease in chickens and seriously endangers the poultry industry. A diversity of serotypes …