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Published online 18 June 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030616-8
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Pox parts list published
Inventory of vital smallpox virus genes offers hope not threat.
Ninety genes are all it takes to build a primitive version of a virus like smallpox or monkeypox, shows a new study. The catalogue could help the search for drugs and vaccines.
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