Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
An integrated forum for structural and molecular studies, the journal places a strong emphasis on functional and mechanistic understanding of how molecular components in a biological process work together.
A virus with a sweet tooth: visualizing MERS-coronavirus attachment to host sialosides
Deadly coronaviruses have emerged recently and no vaccines or therapeutics are available to combat them. To understand how these viruses attach to and enter our cells, we determined the structure of the molecule initiating infection in complex with various sialic acid derivatives.
