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The poliovirus protease cleaves the cellular eif-4g protein. why doesn't this affect the virus?

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The Poliovirus protease cleaves with the eIF4G which stops cellular protein synthesis within 2.5 hours. But it doesn't distress viral protein synthesis, because it is known to be capsule-independent and it is also vastly structured which made it possible not to reproduce.

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