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Programmed -1 Ribosomal Frameshifting in coronaviruses: A therapeutic target.
Virology - 1 Feb 2021
Kelly Jamie A, Woodside Michael T, Dinman Jonathan D
Abstract excerpt
Human population growth, climate change, and globalization are accelerating the emergence of novel pathogenic viruses. In the past two decades alone, three such members of the coronavirus family have posed serious threats, spurring intense efforts to understand their biology as a way to identify targetable vulnerabilities. Coronaviruses use a programmed -1 ribosomal frameshift (-1 PRF) mechanism to direct...
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