Chikungunya fever

K Bartholomeeusen, M Daniel, DA LaBeaud… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Chikungunya virus is widespread throughout the tropics, where it causes recurrent
outbreaks of chikungunya fever. In recent years, outbreaks have afflicted populations in East …

Cryo-electron tomography: the resolution revolution and a surge of in situ virological discoveries

Y Hong, Y Song, Z Zhang, S Li - Annual Review of Biophysics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The recent proliferation of cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) techniques has led to the cryo-
ET resolution revolution. Meanwhile, significant efforts have been made to improve the …

SARS-CoV-2 nsp3 and nsp4 are minimal constituents of a pore spanning replication organelle

L Zimmermann, X Zhao, J Makroczyova… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Coronavirus replication is associated with the remodeling of cellular membranes, resulting
in the formation of double-membrane vesicles (DMVs). A DMV-spanning pore was identified …

Molecular architecture of coronavirus double-membrane vesicle pore complex

Y Huang, T Wang, L Zhong, W Zhang, Y Zhang, X Yu… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Coronaviruses remodel the intracellular host membranes during replication, forming double-
membrane vesicles (DMVs) to accommodate viral RNA synthesis and modifications,. SARS …

Alphavirus nsP3 organizes into tubular scaffolds essential for infection and the cytoplasmic granule architecture

V Kril, M Hons, C Amadori, C Zimberger… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Alphaviruses, such as chikungunya virus (CHIKV), are mosquito-borne viruses that
represent a significant threat to human health due to the current context of global warming …

High-resolution map** reveals the mechanism and contribution of genome insertions and deletions to RNA virus evolution

M Aguilar Rangel, PT Dolan, S Taguwa, Y **ao… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
RNA viruses rapidly adapt to selective conditions due to the high intrinsic mutation rates of
their RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRps). Insertions and deletions (indels) in viral …

A Cool Look at Positive-Strand RNA Virus Replication Organelles: New Insights from Cryo–Electron Microscopy

NL de Beijer, EJ Snijder… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Positive-strand RNA viruses encompass a variety of established and emerging eukaryotic
pathogens. Their genome replication is confined to specialized cytoplasmic membrane …

Trans-amplifying RNA: a journey from alphavirus research to future vaccines

A Yıldız, C Răileanu, T Beissert - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
Replicating RNA, including self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) and trans-amplifying RNA
(taRNA), holds great potential for advancing the next generation of RNA-based vaccines …

[HTML][HTML] In situ studies of membrane biology by cryo-electron tomography

J Keller, R Fernández-Busnadiego - Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) allows high resolution 3D imaging of biological
samples in near-native environments. Thus, cryo-ET has become the method of choice to …

The life cycle of the alphaviruses: From an antiviral perspective

AM Skidmore, SB Bradfute - Antiviral research, 2023 - Elsevier
The alphaviruses are a widely distributed group of positive-sense, single stranded, RNA
viruses. These viruses are largely arthropod-borne and can be found on all populated …