Dengue and Zika virus 5′-UTRs harbor IRES functions
Yutong Song, JoAnn Mugavero, Charles B. Stauft, Eckard Wimmer
This paper demonstrates that the 5′-UTRs of Dengue and Zika viruses have IRES activity, enabling translation without a cap, and can initiate infection in mammalian and mosquito cells.
bioRxiv · Feb 22, 2019 · PreprintMolecular Biology