Unidirectional protein recruitment is essential for viral latency
I. Lavi, S. Bhattacharya, A. Awase, O. Orgil, N. Avital, G. Journo, V. Gurevich, M. Shamay
The paper demonstrates unidirectional protein recruitment between MeCP2 and LANA in KSHV latency, showing MeCP2 recruits LANA but not vice versa, and this is critical for viral maintenance.
bioRxiv · Oct 10, 2021 · PreprintMicrobiology