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First Experimental Assessment of Protein Intrinsic Disorder Involvement in an RNA Virus Natural Adaptive Process.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Jan 2018
Charon Justine, Barra Amandine, Walter Jocelyne, Millot Pauline, Hébrard Eugénie, Moury Benoît, Michon Thierry
Abstract excerpt
Intrinsic disorder (ID) in proteins is defined as a lack of stable structure in physiological conditions. Intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) are highly abundant in some RNA virus proteomes. Low topological constraints exerted on IDRs are expected to buffer the effect of numerous deleterious mutations and could be related to the remarkable adaptive potential of RNA viruses to overcome resistance of their...
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