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Putative receptor-binding sites of hepatitis E virus.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Jan 2008
He Shuizhen, Miao Ji, Zheng Zizheng, Wu Ting, Xie Minghui, Tang Ming, Zhang Jun, Ng Mun-Hon, Xia Ningshao
Abstract excerpt
A truncated structural protein of hepatitis E virus (HEV), p239, occurs as 23 nm particles consisting of partial homodimers. As the latter resemble the HEV capsomere structurally and antigenically, it was postulated that the recombinant protein may serve as a probe for the HEV receptor. This hypo...
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