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SUBMITTER: Han JF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5577204 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Han Jian-Feng JF Qiu Yang Y Yu Jiu-Yang JY Wang Hong-Jiang HJ Deng Yong-Qiang YQ Li Xiao-Feng XF Zhao Hui H Sun Han-Xiao HX Qin Cheng-Feng CF
Scientific reports 20170830 1
The global spread of Zika virus (ZIKV) as well as its unexpected link to infant microcephaly have resulted in serious public health concerns. No antiviral drugs against ZIKV is currently available, and vaccine development is of high priority to prepare for potential ZIKV pandemic. In the present study, a truncated E protein with the N-terminal 90% region reserved (E90) from a contemporary ZIKV strain was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli, purified by a Ni-NTA column, and characterized by ...[more]