To find the answer, they developed a way to observe and measure real-time influenza A virus structure during formation. The researchers found: Influenza A viruses rapidly adjust their shape when ...

The influenza A virus redirects the RNA interference protein AGO2 into the cell nucleus, where it suppresses type I interferon genes, weakening immune signaling.

Yi Ren's most recent paper, published in eLife, describes the structure of a protein complex ... shown that this is the case for the influenza A virus, the only known type of influenza that ...