Multiple protein-protein interactions drive the assembly and budding of the Chikungunya virion
Miguel Ángel Coronado-Ipiña, Shuyang Zhang, Siyu Li, Pedro G. Hernández‐Sánchez, Denisse Cadena-López, Vanessa Labrada‐Martagón, Ajay Gopinathan, Suchetana Mukhopadhyay, Roya Zandi, Mauricio Comas‐García
This study investigates Chikungunya virus assembly by combining simulations and experiments, showing that spike-spike interactions are critical for efficient budding and particle symmetry.
ACS Infectious Diseases · Jun 10, 2026Peer-reviewedBiophysics