[HTML][HTML] Atomic force microscopy observation and characterization of single virions and virus-like particles by nano-indentation

M Marchetti, GJL Wuite, WH Roos - Current opinion in virology, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Review of the most recent studies in Mechanical Virology, using AFM nano-
indentation.•Mechanics of structural capsid changes during maturation.•Uncoating …

Breach: host membrane penetration and entry by nonenveloped viruses

CS Kumar, D Dey, S Ghosh, M Banerjee - Trends in microbiology, 2018‏ - cell.com
Disruption of host membranes by nonenveloped viruses, which allows the nucleocapsid or
genome to enter the cytosol, is a mechanistically diverse process. Although the membrane …

Dicistrovirus-host molecular interactions

R Warsaba, J Sadasivan, E Jan - Current issues in molecular biology, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
Members of the family Dicistroviridae are small RNA viruses containing a monopartite
positive-sense RNA genome. Dicistroviruses mainly infect arthropods, causing diseases that …

Free energies of the disassembly of viral capsids from a multiscale molecular simulation approach

M Martínez, CD Cooper, AB Poma… - Journal of chemical …, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
Molecular simulations of large biological systems, such as viral capsids, remains a
challenging task in soft matter research. On one hand, coarse-grained (CG) models attempt …

MD simulations of viruslike particles with supra CG solvation affordable to desktop computers

MR Machado, HC González… - Journal of Chemical …, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
Viruses are tremendously efficient molecular devices that optimize the packing of genetic
material using a minimalistic number of proteins to form a capsid or envelope that protects …

[HTML][HTML] Computational method for designing vaccines applied to virus-like particles (VLPs) as epitope carriers

P Prosper, RR Puertas, DMA Guérin, MM Branda - Vaccine, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Nonenveloped virus-like particles (VLPs) are self-assembled oligomeric structures
composed of one or more proteins that originate from diverse viruses. Because these VLPs …

pyCapsid: Identifying dominant dynamics and quasi-rigid mechanical units in protein shells

C Brown, A Agarwal, A Luque - Bioinformatics, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract Summary pyCapsid is a Python package developed to facilitate the characterization
of the dynamics and quasi-rigid mechanical units of protein shells and other protein …

Honey bee deformed wing virus structures reveal that conformational changes accompany genome release

LJ Organtini, KL Shingler, RE Ashley… - Journal of …, 2017‏ - journals.asm.org
The picornavirus-like deformed wing virus (DWV) has been directly linked to colony
collapse; however, little is known about the mechanisms of host attachment or entry for DWV …

[HTML][HTML] Virion structures and genome delivery of honeybee viruses

M Procházková, K Škubník, T Füzik… - Current opinion in …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Infections by dicistroviruses and iflaviruses are lethal for honeybees.•Capsids of
dicistroviruses and iflaviruses are organized with icosahedral symmetry.•Genome release of …

Virion structure of Israeli acute bee paralysis virus

E Mullapudi, A Přidal, L Pálková… - Journal of …, 2016‏ - journals.asm.org
The pollination services provided by the western honeybee (Apis mellifera) are critical for
agricultural production and the diversity of wild flowering plants. However, honeybees suffer …