RNA

Guoliang Zhu1,2, Fei Xi1,3, Wuxia Zeng1,2

  • 1State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, College of Veterinary Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, China.

Nature communications
|January 8, 2025
PubMed
概括

确定了非洲猪瘟病毒RNA聚合酶结构,揭示了一个独特的M1249L亚单元. 这个子单元可以调节病毒转录,为抗击这种猪病的抗病毒策略提供新的点.

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