title: A dilemma for viruses and giant viruses: which endocytic pathway to use to enter cells?
abstract: Viruses must enter host cells to deliver their genetic material and accessory proteins. Endocytosis offers to viruses the opportunity to enter host cells. However, endocytosis is a complex phenomenon that includes different mechanisms, clathrin-mediated endocytosis, caveolin-mediated endocytosis, macropinocytosis, and phagocytosis. Here, I describe the ways used by different viruses to exploit these endocytic pathways.
authors.affiliation: URMITE CNRS UMR 6236-IRD, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France. eric.ghigo@univmed.fr
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ghigo
mesh_terms: D004705:Endocytosis; D008954:Models, Biological; D053586:Virus Internalization; D018406:Virus Physiological Phenomena