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Monomeric nucleoprotein of influenza A virus.
PLoS pathogens - 1 Mar 2013
Chenavas Sylvie, Estrozi Leandro F, Slama-Schwok Anny, Delmas Bernard, Di Primo Carmelo, Baudin Florence, Li Xinping, Crépin Thibaut, Ruigrok Rob W H
Abstract excerpt
Isolated influenza A virus nucleoprotein exists in an equilibrium between monomers and trimers. Samples containing only monomers or only trimers can be stabilized by respectively low and high salt. The trimers bind RNA with high affinity but remain trimmers, whereas the monomers polymerise onto RNA forming nucleoprotein-RNA complexes. When wild type (wt) nucleoprotein is crystallized, it forms trimers, whether...
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