Role of Zika Virus prM Protein in Viral Pathogenicity and Use in Vaccine Development

Recent Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemics necessitate the urgent development of effective drugs and vaccines, which can be accelerated by an enhanced understanding of ZIKV biology. One of the ZIKV structural proteins, precursor membrane (prM), plays an important role in the assembly of mature virions throu...

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Main Authors: Peter Nambala, Wen-Chi Su
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
prM
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01797/full