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DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2022.029

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Intermembrane oligomerization of SARS-CoV-2 M-protein: possible role in viral budding

Sokolinskaya EL, Putlyaeva LV, Gorshkova AA, Lukyanov KA
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Konstantin A. Lukyanov
Bolshoy Bulvar, 30, str. 1, Moscow, 121205, Russia; moc.liamg@nitnatsnok.vonaykul

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Funding: the study was funded by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project number 20-04-60370.

Author contribution: Sokolinskaya EL, Putlyaeva LV, Gorshkova AA — experiments; Lukyanov KA — concept and writing.

Received: 2022-05-13 Accepted: 2022-05-28 Published online: 2022-06-04
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