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Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1), it turns out, also redecorates, according to a new study in Nature Communications. Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona have discovered ...

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Why is it called a coronavirus? First described in detail in the 1960s, the coronavirus gets its name from a distinctive corona or 'crown' of sugary-proteins that projects from the envelope ...

More specifically, from the initial crystal structure of the ED, a dimer interface mediated by β-strand interactions was proposed (termed here the strand–strand dimer). (10) Subsequent crystal ...