title: Alphavirus entry: NRAMP leads the way.
abstract: The identity of the receptors that mediate alphavirus entry into host cells has been elusive. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Rose et al. (2011) use a Drosophila RNAi screen to identify NRAMP, an iron transporter with 12 transmembrane domains, as a receptor for Sindbis virus in both insect and mammalian cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
authors.forename: Katie M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Stiles
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kielian