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Coronavirus
Researchers at Arizona State University, Biodesign Institute target coronavirus
April 10th, 2007
Research findings, "Role of the coronavirus E viroporin protein transmembrane domain in virus assembly," are discussed in a new report. According to recent research from the United States, "Coronavirus envelope (E) proteins are small (approximately 75-to 110-amino-acid) membrane proteins that have a short hydrophilic amino terminus, a relatively long hydrophobic membrane domain, and a long hydrophilic carboxy-terminal domain. The protein is a minor virion structural component that plays an important, not fully understood role in virus production." "It was recently demonstrated that the protein forms ion channels. We investigated the importance of the hydrophobic domain...
Source: Virus Weekly (2007-04-10)
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