A two-step mechanism for RIG-I activation by influenza virus mini viral RNAs
Emmanuelle M. Pitré, Karishma Bisht, Kaleigh A. Remick, Amir Ghorbani, Jonathan Wilson Yewdell, Elizaveta Elshina, Aartjan J.W. te Velthuis
This study identifies a two-step mechanism by which influenza virus mini viral RNAs (mvRNAs) activate RIG-I through non-canonical transcription and RNA structure-dependent binding.
Science Advances · Aug 8, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology