The role of autophagy in viral infections

T Chen, S Tu, L Ding, M Jin, H Chen, H Zhou - Journal of biomedical …, 2023 - Springer
Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved catabolic cellular process that exerts antiviral
functions during a viral invasion. However, co-evolution and co-adaptation between viruses …

[HTML][HTML] A structural view of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its assembly

NJ Hardenbrook, P Zhang - Current opinion in virology, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Structural biology plays a vital role in SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and treatment.•High-
resolution structures of SARS-CoV-2 proteins and complexes have been obtained.•In situ …

A highly photostable and bright green fluorescent protein

M Hirano, R Ando, S Shimozono, M Sugiyama… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The low photostability of fluorescent proteins is a limiting factor in many applications of
fluorescence microscopy. Here we present StayGold, a green fluorescent protein (GFP) …

Tunneling nanotubes provide a route for SARS-CoV-2 spreading

A Pepe, S Pietropaoli, M Vos, G Barba-Spaeth… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Neurological manifestations of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) infection represent a major issue in long coronavirus disease. How SARS-CoV-2 …

Atomic structure of the open SARS-CoV-2 E viroporin

J Medeiros-Silva, AJ Dregni, NH Somberg, P Duan… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The envelope (E) protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus forms cation-conducting channels in the
endoplasmic reticulum Golgi intermediate compartment (ERGIC) of infected cells. The …

Rapid assembly of SARS-CoV-2 genomes reveals attenuation of the Omicron BA. 1 variant through NSP6

TY Taha, IP Chen, JM Hayashi, T Tabata… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Although the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (BA. 1) spread rapidly across the world
and effectively evaded immune responses, its viral fitness in cell and animal models was …

SARS-CoV-2 and the host cell: a tale of interactions

M Pizzato, C Baraldi, G Boscato Sopetto… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The ability of a virus to spread between individuals, its replication capacity and the clinical
course of the infection are macroscopic consequences of a multifaceted molecular …

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 …

SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein adheres to replication organelles before viral assembly at the Golgi/ERGIC and lysosome-mediated egress

KM Scherer, L Mascheroni, GW Carnell… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Despite being the target of extensive research efforts due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus
disease 2019) pandemic, relatively little is known about the dynamics of severe acute …

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 …