SARS coronavirus: Unusual lability of the nucleocapsid protein
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Modular organization of SARS coronavirus nucleocapsid protein.
The SARS-CoV nucleocapsid (N) protein is a major antigen in severe acute respiratory syndrome. It binds to the viral RNA genome and forms the ribonucleoprotein core. The SARS-CoV N protein has also been suggested to be involved in other important functions in the viral life cycle. Here we show that the N protein consists of two non-interacting structural domains, the N-terminal RNA-binding doma...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0006-291X
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.09.153