Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

Structure mapping of dengue and Zika viruses reveals functional long-range interactions

  • Roland G. Huber,
  • Xin Ni Lim,
  • Wy Ching Ng,
  • Adelene Y. L. Sim,
  • Hui Xian Poh,
  • Yang Shen,
  • Su Ying Lim,
  • Karin B. Sundstrom,
  • Xuyang Sun,
  • Jong Ghut Aw,
  • Horng Khit Too,
  • Peng Hee Boey,
  • Andreas Wilm,
  • Tanu Chawla,
  • Milly M. Choy,
  • Lu Jiang,
  • Paola Florez de Sessions,
  • Xian Jun Loh,
  • Sylvie Alonso,
  • Martin Hibberd,
  • Niranjan Nagarajan,
  • Eng Eong Ooi,
  • Peter J. Bond,
  • October M. Sessions,
  • Yue Wan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09391-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Here, the authors provide detailed analyses of viral RNA structure in virions and in infected cells for four dengue virus serotypes and four Zika virus strains, and identify conserved structures that are important for virus replication.