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Life Sciences
New life sciences data have been reported by scientists at University College
January 7th, 2009
"The genus Alphavirus includes several potentially lethal human viruses. Additionally, species such as Sindbis virus and Semliki Forest virus are important vectors for gene therapy, vaccination and cancer research, and important models for virion assembly and structural analyses," investigators in Cork, Ireland report. "The genome encodes nine known proteins, including the small '6K' protein. 6K appears to be involved in envelope protein processing, membrane permeabilization, virion assembly and virus budding. In protein gels, 6K migrates as a doublet - a result that, to date, has been attributed to differing degrees of acylation. Nonetheless, despite many years of...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-01-07)
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