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Glycan receptor binding of the influenza A virus H7N9 hemagglutinin

Tharakaraman, K. et al. Cell 153, 1486–1493 (2013)

Structural determinants for naturally evolving H5N1 hemagglutinin to switch its receptor specificity

Tharakaraman, K. et al. Cell 153, 1475–1485 (2013)

Vascularized and functional human liver from an iPSC-derived organ bud transplant

Takebe, T. et al. Nature doi:10.1038/nature12271 (3 July 2013)

Whole-genome sequence–based analysis of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol

Morrison, A.C. et al. Nat. Gene. doi:10.1038/ng.2671 (16 June 2013)

Nanoscopy with more than 100,000 'doughnuts'

Chmyrov, A. et al. Nat. Methods doi:10.1038/nmeth.2556 (7 July 2013)

Biosynthesis of antinutritional alkaloids in solanaceous crops is mediated by clustered genes

Itkin, M. et al. Science 341, 175–179 (2013)