Zika virus, infamous for causing microcephaly, manipulates a host protein called ANKLE2 to assist its replication, which also ...

The mosquito-borne Zika virus is known for causing microcephaly, a birth defect in which abnormal brain development results ...

Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa have made an exciting discovery : a virus found in the ocean called ...

Researchers discover how Zika virus and related viruses replicate in human cells, illuminating potential new vaccines.

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A virus that infects ocean phytoplankton was found to encode a ribosomal protein, a first for eukaryotic viruses. Researchers ...

Transmission electron micrograph of negatively stained FloV-SA2 virus particles (top left). Scale bar: 100 nm; A ribosome ...

Viruses carry only a limited set of instructions in their own genetic material, so to reproduce they rely on taking over host cell proteins and functions. Shah's laboratory studies these ...

Subscribe for FREE Viruses carry only a limited set of instructions in their own genetic material, so to reproduce they rely on taking over host cell proteins and functions. Shah’s laboratory studies ...

Zika virus is unusual in that it can cross the placenta and enter the fetus, where ANKLE2 is known to play a big role in brain development.