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Viruses, 2021 The 3C-like protease (3CLpro) of SARS-CoV-2 is considered an excellent target for COVID-19 antiviral drug development because it is essential for viral replication and has a cleavage specificity distinct from human proteases.
Jonathan M. O. Rawson +4 more
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mBio, 2021 Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Gag selects and packages the HIV RNA genome during virus assembly. However, HIV-1 RNA constitutes only a small fraction of the cellular RNA.
Alice Duchon +9 more
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Adaptation of HIV-1/HIV-2 Chimeras with Defects in Genome Packaging and Viral Replication
mBio, 2022 Frequent recombination is a hallmark of retrovirus replication. In rare cases, recombination occurs between distantly related retroviruses, generating novel viruses that may significantly impact viral evolution and public health.
Jonathan M. O. Rawson +10 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 HIV-1 must package its RNA genome to generate infectious viruses. Recent studies have revealed that during genome packaging, HIV-1 not only excludes cellular mRNAs, but also distinguishes among full-length viral RNAs. Using NL4-3 and MAL molecular clones,
Jonathan M. O. Rawson +5 more
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Therapeutic Interfering Particles Exploiting Viral Replication and Assembly Mechanisms Show Promising Performance: A Modelling Study [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 11, 23847 (2021), 2021 Defective interfering particles arise spontaneously during a viral infection as mutants lacking essential parts of the viral genome. Their ability to replicate in the presence of the wild-type (WT) virus (at the expense of viable viral particles) is mimicked and exploited by therapeutic interfering particles.
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Impact of Nuclear Export Pathway on Cytoplasmic HIV-1 RNA Transport Mechanism and Distribution
mBio, 2020 HIV-1 full-length RNA (referred to as HIV-1 RNA here) serves as the viral genome in virions and as a template for Gag/Gag-Pol translation. We previously showed that HIV-1 RNA, which is exported via the CRM1 pathway, travels in the cytoplasm mainly ...
Jianbo Chen +7 more
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Chinese Giant Salamander Iridovirus 025L Is a Viral Essential Gene
Viruses, 2023 Ranavirus is a large nucleocytoplasmic DNA virus. Chinese giant salamander iridovirus (CGSIV) belongs to the ranavirus genus, and its replication involves a series of essential viral genes.
Zijing Liu +7 more
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A joint Bayesian hierarchical model for estimating SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic and subgenomic RNA viral dynamics and seroconversion [PDF]
, 2023 Understanding the viral dynamics and immunizing antibodies of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is crucial for devising better therapeutic and prevention strategies for COVID-19. Here, we present a Bayesian hierarchical model that jointly estimates the diagnostic RNA viral load reflecting genomic materials of SARS-CoV-2 ...
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Structural Insights into APOBEC3-Mediated Lentiviral Restriction
Viruses, 2020 Mammals have developed clever adaptive and innate immune defense mechanisms to protect against invading bacterial and viral pathogens. Human innate immunity is continuously evolving to expand the repertoire of restriction factors and one such family of ...
Krista A. Delviks-Frankenberry +2 more
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Hepatitis C Viral Replication Complex
Viruses, 2021 The life cycle of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be divided into several stages, including viral entry, protein translation, RNA replication, viral assembly, and release.
Hui-Chun Li, Chee-Hing Yang, Shih-Yen Lo
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