An archaeal virus capable of hydrolyzing the surface glycan of the host cell

Wanjuan Yuan; Caixia Pei; Junkai Huang; Hongyu Chen; Juanying Fan; Cheng Jin; Li Huang

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An archaeal virus capable of hydrolyzing the surface glycan of the host cell

Wanjuan Yuan ¹^,²
, Caixia Pei ³^,⁴
, Junkai Huang ⁵
, Hongyu Chen ⁶
, Juanying Fan ³
, Cheng Jin ³^,⁴
, Li Huang ²^,⁴^,⁵

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