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Structures of foot and mouth disease virus pentamers: Insight into capsid dissociation and unexpected pentamer reassociation
22 Sept 2017
Abstract excerpt
Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) belongs to the Aphthovirus genus of the Picornaviridae, a family of small, icosahedral, non-enveloped, single-stranded RNA viruses. It is a highly infectious pathogen and is one of the biggest hindrances to the international trade of animals and animal products. FMDV capsids (which are unstable below pH6.5) release their genome into the host cell from an acidic compartment,...
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