Viral protein instability enhances host-range evolvability.
Viruses are highly evolvable, but what traits endow this property? The high mutation rates of viruses certainly play a role, but factors that act above the genetic code, like protein thermostability, are also expected to contribute. We studied how the thermostability of a model virus, bacteriophage...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2022-02-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010030 |