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The structure differences of Japanese encephalitis virus SA14 and SA14-14-2 E proteins elucidate the virulence attenuation mechanism

  • Xinyu Liu 1 ,
  • Xin Zhao 1 ,
  • Rui Na 1 ,
  • Lili Li 1 ,
  • Eberhard Warkentin 2 ,
  • Jennifer Witt 2 ,
  • Xu Lu 1 ,
  • Yongxin Yu 1 ,
  • Yuquan Wei 3 ,
  • Guohong Peng , 2 ,
  • Yuhua Li , 1,3 ,
  • Junzhi Wang , 1
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  • 1. National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing 102609, China
  • 2. Department of Molecular Membrane Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • 3. State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Chengdu 610041, China

Published date: 31 Jan 2019

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Xinyu Liu , Xin Zhao , Rui Na , Lili Li , Eberhard Warkentin , Jennifer Witt , Xu Lu , Yongxin Yu , Yuquan Wei , Guohong Peng , Yuhua Li , Junzhi Wang . The structure differences of Japanese encephalitis virus SA14 and SA14-14-2 E proteins elucidate the virulence attenuation mechanism[J]. Protein & Cell, 2019 , 10(2) : 149 -153 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-018-0551-6

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