Function
Interferons work by diffusing to neighbouring cells and binding to a cell surface receptor. A signal is then transduced internally to host ribosomes which stops the production of viral messenger RNA by:
- production of a peptide chain elongation inhibitor
- activation of a enzyme which degrades RNA
- production of an enzyme which disrupt transfer RNA
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