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SUBMITTER: Lu L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC387621 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lu Liqun L Manopo Ivanus I Leung Bernard P BP Chng Hiok Hee HH Ling Ai Ee AE Chee Li Lian LL Ooi Eng Eong EE Chan Shzu-Wei SW Kwang Jimmy J
Journal of clinical microbiology 20040401 4
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a novel infectious disease caused by the SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV). There are four major structural proteins in the SARS-CoV, including the nucleocapsid, spike, membrane, and small envelope proteins. In this study, two sets of truncated fragments of spike protein were generated, the first were approximately 210-bp nonoverlapping fragments and the second were overlapping segments of 750 to 900 bp. From these 23 fragments, we identified a fr ...[more]