Monoclonal antibodies point to Achilles’ heel in picornavirus capsid

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Mihnea Bostina

* E-mail: mihnea.bostina@otago.ac.nz

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Otago Micro and Nano Imaging, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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RNA structure
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Virions
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