Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 326464, 8 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/326464
Research Article

Peptide Mimicrying Between SARS Coronavirus Spike Protein and Human Proteins Reacts with SARS Patient Serum

K.-Y. Hwa,1,2,3,4 W. M. Lin,3 Y.-I. Hou,5 and T.-M. Yeh5

1Department of Molecular Science and Engineering, Center for Biomedical Industries, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan
2Institute of Polymeric Science, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
3Center for Biomedical Industries, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan
4Institute of Biomedical Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan
5Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan

Received 1 October 2007; Accepted 24 December 2007

Academic Editor: Daniel Howard

Copyright © 2008 K.-Y. Hwa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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