Molecular basis for shifted receptor recognition by an encephalitic arbovirus
Xiaoyi Fan, Wanyu Li, Jessica Oros, Jessica A. Plante, Brooke M. Mitchell, Jesse S. Plung, Himanish Basu, Sivapratha Nagappan-Chettiar, Joshua M. Boeckers, Laurentia V. Tjang, Colin J. Mann, Vesna Brusic, Tierra K. Buck, Haley Varnum, Pan Yang, , Jonathan Abraham
The paper identifies receptor-binding polymorphisms in WEEV that explain shifts in receptor dependencies and enable nonpathogenic strains to infect neurons.
Cell · Apr 6, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology