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A role for naturally occurring variation of the murine coronavirus spike protein in stabilizing association with the cellular receptor.
Journal of virology - 1 Apr 1997
Gallagher T M
Abstract excerpt
Murine hepatitis virus (MHV), a coronavirus, initiates infection by binding to its cellular receptor (MHVR) via spike (S) proteins projecting from the virion membrane. The structures of these S proteins vary considerably among MHV strains, and this variation is generally considered to be important in determining the strain-specific pathologies of MHV infection, perhaps by affecting the interaction between MHV and...
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