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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Main Authors: Hannah M Strobel, Elijah K Horwitz, Justin R Meyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-02-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010030