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Structure of the most abundant human gut virus

Crassviruses are the most abundant, and among the most genetically diverse, viruses found in the human gut. New structural information about these viruses has shed light on the functions of previously uncharacterized proteins in virus-particle assembly and infection.

This is a summary of: Bayfield, O. W. et al. Structural atlas of a human gut crassvirus. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06019-2 (2023).

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01336-y

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