Timeline
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Marc Delarue
Head of Structure
23 May 2024
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MinActionPath2: path generation between different conformations of large macromolecular assemblies by action minimization.
Read more07 Feb 2024
14 Dec 2023
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Molecular basis for proofreading by the unique exonuclease domain of Family-D DNA polymerases.
Read more13 Jun 2023
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Analyzing the Geometry and Dynamics of Viral Structures: A Review of Computational Approaches Based on Alpha Shape Theory, Normal Mode Analysis, and Poisson–Boltzmann Theories
Read more27 Apr 2023
22 Apr 2023
18 Apr 2023
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Reclassification of family A DNA polymerases reveals novel functional subfamilies and distinctive structural features
Read more28 Feb 2023
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Computing the Gromov-Wasserstein Distance between Two Surface Meshes Using Optimal Transport
Read more06 May 2022
18 Nov 2021
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Structural dynamics and determinants of 2-aminoadenine specificity in DNA polymerase DpoZ of vibriophage ϕVC8.
Read more25 Oct 2021
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Extracting Dynamical Correlations and Identifying Key Residues for Allosteric Communication in Proteins by correlationplus.
Read more05 Aug 2021
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Characterization of a triad of genes in cyanophage S-2L sufficient to replace adenine by 2-aminoadenine in bacterial DNA.
Read more11 Jun 2021
01 Jun 2021
21 May 2021
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Simultaneous Identification of Multiple Binding Sites in Proteins: A Statistical Mechanics Approach.
Read more23 Apr 2021
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How cyanophage S-2L rejects adenine and incorporates 2-aminoadenine to saturate hydrogen bonding in its DNA.
Read more04 Feb 2021
01 Jan 2021
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Fast and efficient purification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA dependent RNA polymerase complex expressed in Escherichia coli.
Read more08 Dec 2020
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Structural Studies of HNA Substrate Specificity in Mutants of an Archaeal DNA Polymerase Obtained by Directed Evolution
Read more01 Jul 2020
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Structural evidence for the binding of monocarboxylates and dicarboxylates at pharmacologically relevant extracellular sites of a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel.
Read more16 Jun 2020
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Structural basis for allosteric transitions of a multidomain pentameric ligand-gated ion channel.
Read more27 Mar 2020
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Structural basis for the increased processivity of D-family DNA polymerases in complex with PCNA.
Read more26 Jul 2019
28 May 2019
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Structural evidence for an “in trans” base selection mechanism involving Loop1 in polymerase μ at an NHEJ double-strand break junction
Read more26 Mar 2019
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Rapid enzymatic synthesis of long RNA polymers: A simple protocol to generate RNA libraries with random sequences
Read more28 Feb 2019
13 Feb 2019
18 Jan 2019
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Structure of the DP1–DP2 PolD complex bound with DNA and its implications for the evolutionary history of DNA and RNA polymerases
Read more01 Jan 2019
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Structure of the DP1-DP2 PolD complex bound with DNA and its implications for the evolutionary history of DNA and RNA polymerases.
Read more28 Dec 2018
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Numerical Encodings of Amino Acids in Multivariate Gaussian Modeling of Protein Multiple Sequence Alignments
Read more12 Dec 2018
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Electrostatics, proton sensor, and networks governing the gating transition in GLIC, a proton-gated pentameric ion channel
Read more28 Sep 2018
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Coarse-grained dynamics of supramolecules: Conformational changes in outer shells of Dengue viruses
Read more24 Jul 2018
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Combined approaches from physics, statistics, and computer science for protein structure prediction: (unity is strength)?
Read more06 Jul 2018
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Enzymatic synthesis of random sequences of RNA and RNA analogues by DNA polymerase theta mutants for the generation of aptamer libraries
Read more24 Apr 2018
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Structural Basis for a Bimodal Allosteric Mechanism of General Anesthetic Modulation in Pentameric Ligand-Gated Ion Channels
Read more12 Apr 2018
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Terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase: the story of an untemplated DNA polymerase capable of DNA bridging and templated synthesis across strands
Read more09 Apr 2018
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Crystal structures of a pentameric ion channel gated by alkaline pH show a widely open pore and identify a cavity for modulation
Read more15 Mar 2018
27 Dec 2017
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Full mutational mapping of titratable residues helps to identify proton-sensors involved in the control of channel gating in the Gloeobacter violaceus pentameric ligand-gated ion channel
Read more21 Oct 2017
09 May 2017
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String method solution of the gating pathways for a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel
Read more15 Mar 2017
24 Feb 2017
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The Renormalization Group and Its Applications to Generating Coarse-Grained Models of Large Biological Molecular Systems
Read more27 Dec 2016
16 Dec 2016
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Barbiturates Bind in the GLIC Ion Channel Pore and Cause Inhibition by Stabilizing a Closed State
Read more01 Oct 2016
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Vaccination Against Human Papilloma Viruses Leads to a Favorable Cytokine Profile of Specific T Cells
Read more22 Aug 2016
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Shared active site architecture between archaeal PolD and multi-subunit RNA polymerases revealed by X-ray crystallography.
Read more04 Aug 2016
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Structural Basis for a New Templated Activity by Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferase: Implications for V(D)J Recombination
Read more26 Apr 2016
24 Mar 2016
24 Feb 2016
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Structural Basis for Xenon Inhibition in a Cationic Pentameric Ligand-Gated Ion Channel
Read more01 Jan 2016
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Shared active site architecture between archaeal PolD and multi-subunit RNA polymerases revealed by X-ray crystallography.
Read more04 Aug 2015
31 Jul 2015
30 Jul 2015
30 Jul 2015
08 Jul 2015
11 May 2015
15 Apr 2015
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Structural basis for a novel mechanism of DNA bridging and alignment in eukaryotic DSB DNA repair
Read more03 Mar 2015
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Allosteric and hyperekplexic mutant phenotypes investigated on an α1 glycine receptor transmembrane structure.
Read more26 Feb 2015
14 May 2014
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Crystallographic studies of pharmacological sites in pentameric ligand-gated ion channels
Read more06 Jan 2014
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Enhanced amino acid selection in fully evolved tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase, relative to its urzyme, requires domain motion sensed by the D1 switch, a remote dynamic packing motif
Read more23 Dec 2013
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Crystal structures of a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel provide a mechanism for activation
Read more12 Sep 2013
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New nucleotide-competitive non-nucleoside inhibitors of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase: discovery, characterization, and crystal structure in complex with the target
Read more13 Jul 2013
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Structures of intermediates along the catalytic cycle of terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase: dynamical aspects of the two-metal ion mechanism
Read more12 Feb 2013
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Structural basis for ion permeation mechanism in pentameric ligand-gated ion channels
Read more05 Feb 2013
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Computational assembly of polymorphic amyloid fibrils reveals stable aggregates
Read more01 Jan 2013
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Structural basis for potentiation by alcohols and anaesthetics in a ligand-gated ion channel
Read more28 Sep 2012
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2′-Deoxyribonucleoside phosphoramidate triphosphate analogues as alternative substrates for E. coli polymerase III
Read more16 Aug 2012
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Molecular recognition of canonical and deaminated bases by P. abyssi family B DNA polymerase
Read more06 Jun 2012
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Structure and pharmacology of pentameric receptor channels: from bacteria to brain
Read more13 May 2012
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A locally closed conformation of a bacterial pentameric proton-gated ion channel
Read more23 Dec 2011
07 Aug 2011
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Adapting Poisson-Boltzmann to the self-consistent mean field theory: application to protein side-chain modeling
Read more10 Jun 2011
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AquaSAXS: a web server for computation and fitting of SAXS profiles with non-uniformally hydrated atomic models
Read more20 Jan 2011
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X-ray structures of general anaesthetics bound to a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel
Read more18 Aug 2010
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Structural insights into the quinolone resistance mechanism of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA gyrase
Read more22 Mar 2010
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One-microsecond molecular dynamics simulation of channel gating in a nicotinic receptor homologue
Read more14 Feb 2010
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AQUASOL: An efficient solver for the dipolar Poisson-Boltzmann-Langevin equation
Read more07 Dec 2009
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Atomic structure and dynamics of pentameric ligand-gated ion channels: new insight from bacterial homologues
Read more13 Nov 2009
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Crystal structure of the extracellular domain of a bacterial ligand-gated ion channel
Read more05 Jun 2009
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Conferring a template-dependent polymerase activity to terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase by mutations in the Loop1 region
Read more30 Apr 2009
01 Apr 2009
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Insights into the enzymatic mechanism of 6-phosphogluconolactonase from Trypanosoma brucei using structural data and molecular dynamics simulation
Read more05 Mar 2009
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Structure of the archaeal pab87 peptidase reveals a novel self-compartmentalizing protease family
Read more24 Feb 2009
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Beyond the Poisson-Boltzmann model: modeling biomolecule-water and water-water interactions
Read more27 Jan 2009
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Independent saturation of three TrpRS subsites generates a partially assembled state similar to those observed in molecular simulations
Read more05 Nov 2008
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X-ray structure of a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel in an apparently open conformation
Read more26 Sep 2008
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Incorporating dipolar solvents with variable density in Poisson-Boltzmann electrostatics
Read more05 Dec 2007
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Dealing with structural variability in molecular replacement and crystallographic refinement through normal-mode analysis
Read more01 Jun 2007
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MinActionPath: maximum likelihood trajectory for large-scale structural transitions in a coarse-grained locally harmonic energy landscape
Read more12 Dec 2006
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An asymmetric underlying rule in the assignment of codons: possible clue to a quick early evolution of the genetic code via successive binary choices
Read more22 Nov 2006
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Three dimensional structure and implications for the catalytic mechanism of 6-phosphogluconolactonase from Trypanosoma brucei
Read more01 Sep 2006
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Determination of dihedral Psi angles in large proteins by combining NH(N)/C(alpha)H(alpha) dipole/dipole cross-correlation and chemical shifts
Read more01 Jul 2006
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NOMAD-Ref: visualization, deformation and refinement of macromolecular structures based on all-atom normal mode analysis
Read more01 Jul 2006
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PDB_Hydro: incorporating dipolar solvents with variable density in the Poisson-Boltzmann treatment of macromolecule electrostatics
Read more08 Aug 2005
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Refinement of docked protein-ligand and protein-DNA structures using low frequency normal mode amplitude optimization
Read more01 Apr 2005
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Normal mode analysis suggests a quaternary twist model for the nicotinic receptor gating mechanism
Read more19 Apr 2004
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On the use of low-frequency normal modes to enforce collective movements in refining macromolecular structural models
Read more11 Apr 2003
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis thymidylate kinase: structural studies of intermediates along the reaction pathway. Fioravanti E, Haouz A, Ursby T, Munier-Lehmann H, Delarue M, Bourgeois D.
Read more01 Feb 2003
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Enzymatic and structural analysis of inhibitors designed against Mycobacterium tuberculosis thymidylate kinase. New insights into the phosphoryl transfer mechanism
Read more26 Jul 2002
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Simplified normal mode analysis of conformational transitions in DNA-dependent polymerases: the elastic network model.
Read more01 Jun 2002
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Database searching for thymidine and thymidylate kinase inhibitors using three-dimensional structure-based methods
Read more22 Mar 2002
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Cryophotolysis of caged compounds: a technique for trapping intermediate states in protein crystals
Read more01 Feb 2002
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Crystal structures of a template-independent DNA polymerase: murine terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase.
Read more03 Aug 2001
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X-ray structure of TMP kinase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis complexed with TMP at 1.95 A resolution.
Read more01 Dec 2000
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Crystallization of the catalytic domain of murine terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase.
Read more01 Nov 2000
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General formalism for phase combination and phase refinement: a statistical thermodynamics approach in reciprocal space.
Read more01 Nov 2000
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Resolution of the phase-ambiguity problem in the centrosymmetric P [1] space group by Monte Carlo methods.
Read more14 Jul 2000
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Solution structural studies and low-resolution model of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe sap1 protein.
Read more23 Jun 2000
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Aspartyl tRNA-synthetase from Escherichia coli: flexibility and adaptability to the substrates.
Read more01 Feb 2000
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Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the thymidylate kinase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Read more01 Jun 1998
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Minimisation of protein lattice distortion based on self-consitent mean-field theory.
Read more01 Jun 1997
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The inverse protein folding problem: self-consistent mean field optimisation of a structure specific mutation matrix.
Read more01 Jun 1997
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The native sequence determines sidechain packing in a protein, but does optimal sidechain packing determine the native sequence?
Read more16 Sep 1996
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Cloning and characterisation of a gene from Plasmodium vivax and P. knowlesi: homology with valine-tRNA synthetase.
Read more01 Jun 1996
01 Apr 1996
01 Jul 1995
01 Jun 1995
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Partition of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases in two different structural classes dating back to early metabolism: implications for the origin of the genetic code and the nature of protein sequences.
Read more01 Jun 1995
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Atomic environment energies in proteins defined from statistics of accessible and contact surface areas.
Read more01 Feb 1995
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A self consistent mean field approach to simultaneous gap closure and side-chain positioning in homology modelling.
Read more01 Feb 1995
25 Nov 1994
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Synthesis and recognition of aspartyl-adenylate by Thermus thermophilus aspartyl-tRNA synthetase.
Read more18 Nov 1994
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Crystallization and X-ray crystallographic analysis of recombinant chicken poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase catalytic domain produced in Sf9 insect cells.
Read more01 Nov 1994
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Polar and nonpolar atomic environments in the protein core: implications for folding and binding.
Read more15 Jul 1994
03 Jun 1994
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Application of a self-consistent mean field theory to predict protein side-chains conformation and estimate their conformational entropy.
Read more01 Jun 1994
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Rift Valley fever virus L segment: correction of the sequence and possible functional role of newly identified regions conserved in RNA-dependent polymerases.
Read more01 Oct 1993
05 Jul 1993
25 Apr 1993
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Identification of potential active-site residues in the human poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase.
Read more01 Sep 1992
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Three-dimensional structure of phenylalanyl-transfer RNA synthetase from Thermus thermophilus HB8 at 0.6- nm resolution.
Read more02 Jan 1992
13 Sep 1990
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Partition of tRNA synthetases into two classes based on mutually exclusive sets of sequence motifs.
Read more01 Aug 1990
01 Jun 1990
01 May 1990
20 Dec 1989
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Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic data for bovine antithrombin III.
Read more01 Dec 1989
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Identification of four conserved motifs among the RNA-dependent polymerase encoding elements.
Read more02 Jan 1989