Correction: XRN1 Is a Species-Specific Virus Restriction Factor in Yeasts.
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC5085026 | biostudies-other | 2016 Oct
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Correction: XRN1 Is a Species-Specific Virus Restriction Factor in Yeasts.
PLoS pathogens 20161028 10
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005890.]. ...[more]
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