Details of salmon virus structure could aid researchers looking at ways to stop influenza virus.

Tim Lundeen 1, Feedstuffs Editor

July 28, 2017

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N&H TOPLINE: Salmon virus discovery could aid flu research
The first complete structure of an M1 protein from an infectious salmon anemia virus, as revealed by scientists at Rice University. The structure of the protein, which forms a protective shield around the viral contents, is similar to that of influenza viruses that infect humans, but no structures for those have been produced that show both the N and C domains.Credit: Tao Laboratory/Rice University

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