Structure of a pentameric virion-associated fiber with a potential role in Orsay virus entry to host cells.

Despite the wide use of Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism, the first virus naturally infecting this organism was not discovered until six years ago. The Orsay virus and its related nematode viruses have a positive-sense RNA genome, encoding three proteins: CP, RdRP, and a novel δ protein th...

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Main Authors: Yanlin Fan, Yusong R Guo, Wang Yuan, Ying Zhou, Matthew V Holt, Tao Wang, Borries Demeler, Nicolas L Young, Weiwei Zhong, Yizhi J Tao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-02-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006231