Prefusion-Stabilized Lassa Virus Trimer Identifies Neutralizing Nanobodies and Reveals an Apex-Situated Site of Vulnerability
J. Gorman, C. S.-F. Cheung, Z. Duan, Y. Sun, P. Wang, J. C. Boyington, A. Biju, T. Bylund, C. Cheng, L. Ou, T. Stephens, Y. Tsybovsky, R. Verardi, S. Wang, Y. Yang, , P. D. Kwong
This paper develops a prefusion-stabilized Lassa virus GPC, identifies a neutralizing nanobody, and reveals a cleavage-dependent site of vulnerability at the trimer apex.
bioRxiv · Apr 21, 2022 · PreprintImmunology