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Article: Crystal Structure of SARS Coronavirus Protease to Aid Discovery of New Anti-Viral Drugs.
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- July 30, 2003
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Structural GenomiX Determines High-Resolution Crystal Structure of
SARS Main Protease
Structure Deposited to Public in Protein Data Bank
SAN DIEGO, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Structural GenomiX, Inc. (SGX) today announced that it has completed and deposited with the Protein Data Bank (PDB, http://www.rcsb.org/), a public database accessed by researchers worldwide, the three-dimensional crystal structure of the main protease from the Coronavirus that causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The SARS main protease is widely believed to be the primary target for inhibitory antiviral agents, and the experimental ...