Scientists see Norwalk virus' Achilles heel

This research was supported by the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Carbohydrate Science, Alberta Synchrotron Institute, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canadian Institutes of Health Research and U.S. National Institutes of Health.

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Reference: Dmitry F. Zamyatkin, Francisco Parra, Jose M. Martin Alonso, Daniel A. Harki, Blake R. Peterson, Pawel Grochulski and Kenneth K.-S. Ng. 2008. Structural insights into mechanisms of catalysis and inhibition in Norwalk Virus polymerase. Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 283, Number 12, pp. 7705-7712. DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M709563200.

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