High flavivirus structural plasticity demonstrated by a non-spherical morphological variant

Dengue (DENV) and Zika (ZIKV) viruses normally display as smooth spherical particles, while DENV can also become bumpy-surfaced, resulting in immune evasion. Here, Morrone et al. report DENV and ZIKV infectious club-shaped particles (clubSP) that display distinct antibody binding properties.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Seamus R. Morrone, Valerie S. Y. Chew, Xin-Ni Lim, Thiam-Seng Ng, Victor A. Kostyuchenko, Shuijun Zhang, Melissa Wirawan, Pau-Ling Chew, Jaime Lee, Joanne L. Tan, Jiaqi Wang, Ter Yong Tan, Jian Shi, Gavin Screaton, Marc C. Morais, Shee-Mei Lok
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16925-y