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Recombinant production of the amino terminal cytoplasmic region of dengue virus non-structural protein 4A for structural studies.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Hung Yu-Fu, Valdau Olga, Schünke Sven, Stern Omer, Koenig Bernd W, Willbold Dieter, Hoffmann Silke
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Dengue virus (DENV) is a mosquito-transmitted positive single strand RNA virus belonging to the Flaviviridae family. DENV causes dengue fever, currently the world's fastest-spreading tropical disease. Severe forms of the disease like dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome are life-threatening. There is no specific treatment and no anti-DENV vaccines. Our recent data suggests that the amino...
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