The blue tongue virus core (BTVC) particle is the biggest molecular structure determined to date by X-ray crystallography. The atomic model shows that the inner core particle of 120 VP3 subunits ...

Researchers have shown, for the first time, how the genetic material of the Nipah virus replicates in infected cells. The virus can cause fatal encephalitis in humans.

His research involves studying the structure of viruses and how they interface with the cells ... These small jewellike disks are EM grids. They are how molecular virologists like Richard Kuhn are ...

Six years before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, an Ebola outbreak in West Africa had people fearing the possibility of a ...

As scientists, we often think we understand a virus—its structure, its tricks, the way it moves through the body. But every ...

An international research team has now investigated the structure of the poxvirus prototype, the vaccinia virus (VACV). The work is published in the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology.

New research shows how small shifts in the molecular makeup of a virus can profoundly alter its fate. These shifts could turn a deadly pathogen into a harmless bug or supercharge a relatively benign ...

Molecular epidemiology allows us to determine whether viruses from different locations are related to each other and provides further understanding of viral epidemiology by identifying sources and ...

The 3.0 Å resolution crystal structure of Pariacoto virus (PaV) reveals extensive ... acts as part of a molecular switch that determines the geometry of the quaternary interactions required ...

Viruses with an envelope are generally less stable outside ... For example, they may help prevent diarrhea caused by some infections and antibiotics. Ribo nucleic acid, a chemical structure that is ...