A model of the influenza virus replication machinery (IMAGE)

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A model of the influenza virus replication machinery

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A model of the influenza virus replication machinery in the process of the viral RNA polymerase (blue) copying a viral RNA genome segment (red) in complex with a second copy of the polymerase (green) and host protein ANP32A (orange), and the assembly of the newly synthesised RNA segment (orange) into a ribonucleoprotein complex (grey).

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