Biophysics: The sweetest candy for the virus

Andreas O. Frank, Horst Kessler

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Abstract

For some viruses, the first step in infecting cells is to latch onto sugars on the cell membrane. The chemical basis of this virus-host recognition process has been identified using an NMR spectroscopic technique.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)822-823
Number of pages2
JournalNature
Volume452
Issue number7189
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Apr 2008

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