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Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 14, 1227–1228 (1 December 2007) | doi:10.1038/nsmb1342

Structure of the measles virus hemagglutinin

Leremy A Colf , Z Sean Juo & K Christopher Garcia

Measles virus is a highly pathogenic virus that infects roughly 20 million people per year. We report here the crystal structure of the measles virus hemagglutinin, the surface glycoprotein responsible for the binding of measles virus to its host cell receptors.