A Biologically-validated HCV E1E2 Heterodimer Structural Model

Abstract The design of vaccine strategies and the development of drugs targeting the early stages of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are hampered by the lack of structural information about its surface glycoproteins E1 and E2, the two constituents of HCV entry machinery. Despite the recent crystal...

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Main Authors: Matteo Castelli, Nicola Clementi, Jennifer Pfaff, Giuseppe A. Sautto, Roberta A. Diotti, Roberto Burioni, Benjamin J. Doranz, Matteo Dal Peraro, Massimo Clementi, Nicasio Mancini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00320-7