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Porotto M, Fornabaio M, Kellogg GE, Moscona A.  A second receptor binding site on human parainfluenza virus type 3 hemagglutinin-neuraminidase contributes to activation of the fusion mechanism.  Journal of Virology 81(7): 3216-28, 2007.

Palermo LM, Porotto M, Greengard O, and Moscona, A.  Fusion promotion by a paramyxovirus hemagglutinin-neuraminidase protein: pH modulation of receptor avidity of binding sites I and II by pH.  Journal of Virology 81 (17), 9152-9161, 2007  (Palermo and Porotto are co-first authors.)

 Porotto M, Carta P, Deng Y, Kellogg GE, Whitt M, Lu M, Mungall BA, Moscona, A.  Molecular determinants of antiviral potency of paramyxovirus entry inhibitors.  Journal of Virology 81 (19): 10567-74, 2007.

Aljofan M, Porotto M, Moscona A, Mungall BA.  Development and validation of a chemiluminescent immunodetection assay amenable to high throughput screening of antiviral drugs for Nipah and Hendra virus.  Journal of Virological Methods 149(1):12-9, 2008.

Matteo Porotto, Gianmarco Orefice, Christine Yokoyama, Bruce Mungall, Ronald Realubit, Mike Sganga, Mohamad Aljofan, Michael Whitt, Fraser Glickman and Anne Moscona. Simulating henipavirus multicycle replication in a screening assay leads to identification of a promising candidate for therapy. J Virol. Mar 4, 2009 [Epub ahead of print].  (Editor’s Spotlight)

Matteo Porotto, Christine Yokoyama, Gianmarco Orefice, Han-Sung Kim, and Anne Moscona.  Kinetic dependence of paramyxovirus entry inhibition.  J Virol. Apr 15. 2009 [Epub ahead of print]

Laura Palermo, Matteo Porotto, Christine Yokoyama, Samantha Palmer, Olga Greengard, Stefan Niewiesk, and Anne Moscona. Human parainfluenza virus infection of the airway epithelium: the viral hemagglutinin-neuraminidase regulates F-triggering and modulates infectivity.  In press J. Virol. July 2009