His research involves studying the structure of viruses and how they interface with the cells of their hosts’ bodies — hence the mapping of the Zika antibodies. That structural understanding is key to ...

“When phage infect a bacterial cell, the EPI vesicle protects the genome of the virus during early stages of infection when it’s very vulnerable,” said Emily Armbruster, a UC San Diego School of ...

The dengue virus has a roughly spherical shape. Inside the virus is the nucleocapsid, which is made of the viral genome and C proteins. The nucleocapsid is surrounded by a membrane called the ...

These proteins play a key role in letting viruses infect human cells. However, the F protein has a delicate structure that changes rapidly from a "pre-fusion" form to a "post-fusion" form when the ...

Dr. Hauke Hillen, head of the "Structure and Function of Molecular ... and is essential for the replication of the virus in ...

The measles virus is an enveloped virus bearing a lipid ... For infection to happen, the H protein first binds to a receptor on the target cell, and then the F protein changes its conformation ...

Discover how a structural breakthrough in the chikungunya virus is opening new avenues for antiviral drug development and ...

Viruses are tiny agents that can infect a variety of living organisms, including bacteria, plants, and animals. Like other viruses, the dengue virus is a microscopic structure that can only ...

DNA is a super flexible and modular structure, meaning that with the right sequences ... in theory, cordon the virus off from a potential host cell and prevent infection, though the team didn’t test ...

A researcher in Purdue University’s College of Science is developing a patent-pending platform technology that mimics the dual-layer structure of viruses to deliver nucleic acid (NA)-based therapies ...