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A 3D framework for understanding enterovirus 71

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Two papers report the structure of the virion of emerging pathogen EV71, providing a three-dimensional context for understanding many of its biological functions.

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Figure 1: Ribbon diagram representations of the EV71 structures.

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Figure 1a,b is courtesy of J. Ren, C. Porter, T.S. Walter, D.I. Stuart and E.E. Fry, Oxford University; Figure 1c,d is courtesy of J. Ren and A. Kotcha, Oxford University.

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Hogle, J. A 3D framework for understanding enterovirus 71. Nat Struct Mol Biol 19, 367–368 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb.2276

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