News tagged with capsid protein
New broad-spectrum vaccine to prevent cervical cancer induces strong responses in animals
May 26, 2009 |
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Mice and rabbits immunized with a multimeric-L2 protein vaccine had robust antibody responses and were protected from infection when exposed to human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 four months after vaccination, according to ...
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Image pinpoints all 5 million atoms in viral coat
Feb 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If a picture is worth a thousand words, then Rice University's precise new image of a virus' protective coat is seriously undervalued. More than three years in the making, the image contains ...
Shape of things to come: Structure of HIV coat could lead to new drugs
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Structural biologists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have described the architecture of the complex of protein units that make up the coat surrounding the HIV genome and identified in it a "seam" of functional ...
New study reveals structure of the HIV protein shell
Jun 12, 2009 |
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New research by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions provides a close-up look at the cone-shaped shell that is the hallmark of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), revealing how ...
Fighting disease atom by atom: Atomic map of hepatitis E may reveal strategies to fight it
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Researchers at Rice University and their international colleagues have for the first time described the atomic structure of the protein shell that carries the genetic code of hepatitis E (HEV). Their findings, ...
Biologists learn structure, mechanism of powerful 'molecular motor' in virus
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Dec 24, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered the atomic structure of a powerful "molecular motor" that packages DNA into the head segment of some viruses during their assembly, an essential step in their ability ...
Scientists learn structure of enzyme in unusual virus
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Sep 17, 2007 |
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Biologists have determined the three-dimensional structure of an unusual viral enzyme that is required in the assembly of new viruses.
Research team identifies key molecules that inhibit viral production
Mar 10, 2009 |
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The research, led by Professor Donny Strosberg of Scripps Florida, was published on March 4, 2009, in the Journal of General Virology's advance, online edition, Papers in Press.
Viruses, start your engines!
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Dec 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Peering at structures only atoms across, researchers have identified the clockwork that drives a powerful virus nanomotor. Because of the motor's strength--to scale, twice that of an automobile--the ...
Biologists learn structure of enzyme needed to power 'molecular motor'
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Mar 22, 2007 |
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Researchers at Purdue University and The Catholic University of America have discovered the structure of an enzyme essential for the operation of "molecular motors" that package DNA into the head segment of ...
HIV gets a makeover: A few adjustments to the AIDS virus could alter the course of research
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 09, 2006 |
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The slow pace of AIDS research can be pinned, in no small part, on something akin to the square-peg-round-hole conundrum. The HIV-1 virus won’t replicate in monkey cells, so researchers use a monkey virus — ...
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