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BIOCHEMISTRY: Viral Glycoproteins and an Evolutionary Conundrum
Alasdair C. Steven1 and Patricia G. Spear2
Glycoproteins from two entirely different viruses share the same novel structure, raising intriguing questions about the evolutionary origins of these and other viruses.
1A. C. Steven is at the Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, 50 South Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. E-mail: stevena{at}mail.nih.gov
2P. G. Spear is at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. E-mail: p-spear{at}northwestern.edu
Ekaterina E. Heldwein, Huan Lou, Florent C. Bender, Gary H. Cohen, Roselyn J. Eisenberg, and Stephen C. Harrison (14 July 2006) Science313 (5784), 217.
[DOI: 10.1126/science.1126548] |Abstract »|Full Text »|PDF »|Supporting Online Material »
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