The Flavivirus Precursor Membrane-Envelope Protein Complex: Structure and Maturation. Long Li, Shee-Mei Lok, I-Mei Yu, Ying Zhang, Richard J. Kuhn, Jue Chen and Michael G. Rossmann. Department of ...

Scientists now have a way to target a number of insect-borne diseases, including dengue, West Nile, yellow fever and St. Louis encephalitis. Researchers from Purdue University and the California ...

Dengue virus has two membrane proteins, E and M, which undergo dramatic structural changes during the life cycle of the virus. The 3.5-Å cryo-EM structure of the mature prefusion Dengue virion ...

Scientists Solve First Flavivirus Structure; Feat Provides Insights Into Dengue, West Nile, Yellow Fever, Others. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2002 ...

Researchers from The University of Queensland and Monash University have now determined the first complete 3D molecular structure of the immature flavivirus, revealing an unexpected organization.

In a recent study, Australian scientists used an original approach to resolve the 3D structure of flaviviruses with an unprecedented level of detail, identifying small molecules known as 'pocket ...

The mature Zika virion consists of an RNA genome enclosed in a casing of 180 repeated units of an envelope glycoprotein and membrane protein layer on top of a lipid membrane. Using cryo-electron ...

Zika gets the most extreme close-up of any flavivirus. By zooming in, ... That closeup view, reported online June 26 in Structure, is about equivalent to the size of two atoms.

That physical structure is precisely the expertise of molecular virologist Richard Kuhn, ... and flaviviruses like Zika, dengue fever, West Nile and yellow fever. His research involves studying the ...