Intracellular localization of the SARS coronavirus protein 9b: evidence of active export from the nucleus

Authors: Igor Moshynskyy 1, Sathiyanarayanan Viswanathan, Natalia Vasilenko, Vladislav Lobanov, Martin Petric, Lorne A Babiuk, Alexander N Zakhartchouk Abstract Open reading frame 9b (ORF 9b) encodes a 98 amino acid group-specific protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome…[...]

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The Crystal Structure of ORF-9b, a Lipid Binding Protein from the SARS Coronavirus

Author links open overlay panelChristophMeier123A. RaduAricescu13ReneAssenberg2Robin T.Aplin2Robert J.C.Gilbert13Jonathan M.Grimes123David I.Stuart123 Summary To achieve the greatest output from their limited genomes, viruses frequently make use of alternative open reading frames, in which translation is…[...]

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SARS-coronavirus open reading frame-9b suppresses innate immunity by targeting mitochondria and the AVS/TRAF3/TRAF6 signalosome

.J Immunol 2014 Sep 15;193(6):3080-9. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1303196. Epub 2014 Aug 18. Chong-Shan Shi 1, Hai-Yan Qi 2, Cedric Boularan 1, Ning-Na Huang 1, Mones Abu-Asab 3, James H Shelhamer 2, John H Kehrl 4 Abstract Coronaviruses (CoV) have recently emerged as potentially serious pathogens that…[...]

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COVID-19 false dichotomies and a comprehensive review of the evidence regarding public health, COVID-19 symptomatology, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, mask wearing, and reinfection

Authors: Kevin Escandón, Angela L. Rasmussen, Isaac I. Bogoch, Eleanor J. Murray, Karina Escandón, Saskia V. Popescu & Jason Kindrachuk BMC Infectious Diseases volume 21, Article number: 710 (2021)  Abstract Scientists across disciplines, policymakers, and journalists have voiced frustration at the unprecedented polarization…[...]

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Body mass index and severity/fatality from coronavirus disease 2019: A nationwide epidemiological study in Korea

Authors: In Sook Kang , Kyoung Ae Kong Published: June 22, 2021 Abstract Obesity has been reported as a risk factor for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in recent studies. However,…[...]

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