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RNA, and it points to a possibility that the N-trimer acts merely as an
intermediate during the viral RNA encapsidation.
Acknowledgment
We thank Pasi Laurinmäki from Dr Sarah Butcher's Cryo-Electron
Microscopy Unit, University of Helsinki, for technical help in collect-
ing the cryo-electron microscopy raw data, and Professor AnttiVaheri,
Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, for his support.
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