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By clock on October 5, 2007.

As always on Friday, there are new article published in the community journals - PLoS Pathogens, PLoS Computational Biology and PLoS Genetics. Here are few of my picks:

Growth of H5N1 Influenza A Viruses in the Upper Respiratory Tracts of Mice

A Single Mutation in the PB1-F2 of H5N1 (HK/97) and 1918 Influenza A Viruses Contributes to Increased Virulence

Universally Sloppy Parameter Sensitivities in Systems Biology Models

Ancient Exaptation of a CORE-SINE Retroposon into a Highly Conserved Mammalian Neuronal Enhancer of the Proopiomelanocortin Gene

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