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. 2013 Oct;11(10):662-3.
doi: 10.1038/nrmicro3125. Epub 2013 Sep 10.

Viral evolution: fooling the coronavirus proofreading machinery

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Viral evolution: fooling the coronavirus proofreading machinery

Ursula Hofer. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2013 Oct.

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The first proofreading protein identified in RNA viruses might lead to new therapeutics against coronaviruses.

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    1. Smith EC, et al. Coronaviruses lacking exoribonuclease activity are susceptible to lethal mutagenesis: evidence for proofreading and potential therapeutics. PLoS Pathog. 2013;9:e1003565. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003565. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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