A Look into Bunyavirales Genomes: Functions of Non-Structural (NS) Proteins

SS Leventhal, D Wilson, H Feldmann, DW Hawman - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
In 2016, the Bunyavirales order was established by the International Committee on
Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) to incorporate the increasing number of related viruses across …

Improved understanding of biorisk for research involving microbial modification using annotated sequences of concern

GD Godbold, FC Hewitt, AD Kappell… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Regulation of research on microbes that cause disease in humans has historically been
focused on taxonomic lists of 'bad bugs'. However, given our increased knowledge of these …

Identification of a 1.4-kb-Long sequence located in the nsp12 and nsp13 coding regions of SARS-CoV-2 genomic RNA that mediates efficient viral RNA packaging

K Terasaki, K Narayanan, S Makino - Journal of virology, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The specific packaging of the viral RNA genome into virus particles is an essential step in
the replication cycle of coronaviruses (CoVs). Using a single-cycle, replicable severe acute …

Red-grouper nervous necrosis virus B1 protein inhibits fish IFN response by targeting Ser5-phosphorylated RNA polymerase II to promote viral replication

Y Qin, P Zhang, S Deng, W Guo, M Zhang, H Liu… - Fish & Shellfish …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nervous necrosis virus (NNV) could infect more than 200 fish species worldwide, with
almost 100% mortality in affected larvae and juvenile fish. Among different genotypes of …

RVFV virulence factor NSs triggers the mitochondrial MCL-1-BAK axis to activate pathogenic NLRP3 pyroptosis

Z Guan, H Li, C Zhang, Z Huang, M Ye, Y Zhang… - Plos …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Infection of Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV), a highly pathogenic mosquito-borne zoonotic
virus, triggers severe inflammatory pathogenesis but the underlying mechanism of …

Red-grouper nervous necrosis virus B2 protein negatively regulates fish interferon response by suppressing host transcription directed by RNA polymerase II

Y Qin, Y Wang, J Liu, Y Lu, X Liu - Aquaculture, 2021 - Elsevier
Nervous necrosis virus (NNV) infects more than 120 fish species worldwide and causes high
mortality and significant economic losses to the aquaculture industry. Among different …

Current insights into human pathogenic phenuiviruses and the host immune system

CM Zhou, ZZ Jiang, N Liu, XJ Yu - Virulence, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Phenuiviruses are a class of segmented negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses,
typically consisting of three RNA segments that encode four distinct proteins. The …

Characterization of the molecular interactions that govern the packaging of viral RNA segments into rift valley fever phlebovirus particles

B Tercero, K Narayanan, K Terasaki… - Journal of virology, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Rift Valley fever phlebovirus (RVFV) has a single-stranded, negative-sense RNA genome,
consisting of L, M, and S segments. The virion carries two envelope glycoproteins, Gn and …

Human genes with codon usage bias similar to that of the nonstructural protein 1 gene of influenza A viruses are conjointly involved in the infectious pathogenesis of …

K Nambou, M Anakpa, YS Tong - Genetica, 2022 - Springer
Molecular mechanisms of the non-structural protein 1 (NS1) in influenza A-induced
pathological changes remain ambiguous. This study explored the pathogenesis of human …

A single-cycle replicable Rift Valley fever phlebovirus vaccine carrying a mutated NSs confers full protection from lethal challenge in mice

K Terasaki, TL Juelich, JK Smith, B Kalveram… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Rift Valley fever phlebovirus (RVFV) is a pathogen of Rift Valley fever, which is a mosquito-
borne zoonotic disease for domestic livestock and humans in African countries. Currently, no …