Restraint of Powassan virus replication by TRIM5α facilitates viral avoidance of antiviral immunity
Rebecca M. Broeckel, Emily A. Fitzmeyer, Eva Chebishev, Jeffrey G. Shannon, Byron Shue, Adam Hage, Stephanie J. Spada, Efrosini Artikis, Abhilash I. Chiramel, Kristin L. McNally, Charles L. Larson, Maarit von Kutzleben, Shelly J. Robertson, Danielle K. Offerdahl, Hilary Ann Lakin, , Sonja M. Best
The paper investigates how TRIM5α restricts orthoflavivirus replication and identifies a mutation in POWV's NS3 gene that allows it to evade TRIM5α inhibition.
Communications Biology · Jul 7, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology