| Title | Conservation of the putative receptor attachment site in picornaviruses. | ||
| Author | Rossmann, M G; Palmenberg, A C | ||
| Journal | Virology | Publication Year/Month | 1988-Jun |
| PMID | 2835857 | PMCID | -N/A- |
| Affiliation | 1.Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907. | ||
A deep canyon or pit on the surfaces of human rhinovirus 14 and Mengo virus, respectively, has been proposed as a putative receptor binding site. Amino acids lining the surface of the canyon or pit have been identified and show greater conservation than other surface residues.