Sequences capture the code of the common cold
Date: 14.2.2009
A multi-institutional team of researchers has deciphered the complete genetic sequences of all of the world’s 99 known strains of **human rhinovirus**, the viruses responsible for the common cold. The sequences provide a detailed blueprint for the virus, showing how new strains develop and revealing pressure points that may lead to new antiviral drugs. Here, a rhinovirus particle at atomic resolution is superimposed over a representation of the RNA molecule that encodes the virus genome. Image courtesy Ann Palmenberg, Jean-Yves Sgro and H. Adam Steinberg
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