The intricate division of labor within a "crown-shaped" protein complex, which viruses use to replicate their ribonucleic ...
Researchers at Umeå University have identified two human cell proteins, NUP98 and NUP153, that play a crucial role in how ...
That, plus a slightly sloppy replication process, enable a viral lineage to, in a relatively short time, acquire mutations in ...
Cryo-electron tomography has revealed how flaviviruses reorganise infected cells to enable replication and maturation with implications for future tick-borne encephalitis treatmentsResearchers at ...
The rate of HIV infection continues to climb globally. Around 40 million people live with HIV-1, the most common HIV strain. While symptoms can now be better managed with lifelong treatment, there is ...
Zika virus hijacks a key protein implicated in brain development for its own replication. Researchers led by Associate Professor Priya Shah at the University of California, Davis (CA, USA), have ...
Some 254 million people live with a chronic hepatitis B (HBV) infection that is often asymptomatic for decades, only to ...
The avian influenza virus needs to mutate to cross the species barrier and to infect and replicate within mammalian cells. Scientists have now deciphered the structure of the avian influenza virus's ...