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Article: Studies Reunite Two Families Of Major Insect-Borne Viruses.(Brief Article)
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- Virus Weekly
- Article date:
- April 17, 2001
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2001 APR 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) --
Two families of viruses, which were previously thought to be related and later were considered unrelated, are celebrating a scientific family reunion of sorts.
In a study published in the April 6, 2001, issue of the journal Cell, scientists at Purdue University show that a protein structure on the outside surface of an alphavirus is related to a protein found on the surface of a family of viruses called flaviviruses. A second study, published in the same issue by a research team in France, shows a similar likeness.
"What we have then is two seemingly unrelated groups of viruses that have now been ...