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Karen Johanna Cárdenas-Martínez

Purdue University West LafayetteORCID 0000-0002-7266-8769Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Approach:mechanistic / dynamical model· 1 Assay:structural biology· 1 Organism:virus· 1

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Devika SirohiiD· 1 shared Elijah J. BassiD· 1 shared Ganesh S. AnandiD· 1 shared Gregory A. VothiD· 1 shared Ian K. HickliniD· 1 shared Kimberly A. DolaniD· 1 shared Mandira Dutta· 1 shared Richard J. KuhniD· 1 shared

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Direct lipid interactions control SARS-CoV-2 M protein conformational dynamics and virus assembly

Mandira Dutta, Kimberly A. Dolan, Souad Amiar, Elijah J. Bass, Rokaia Sultana, Sean M. Braet, Karen Johanna Cárdenas-Martínez, Devika Sirohi, Ian K. Hicklin, Richard J. Kuhn, Ganesh S. Anand, Gregory A. Voth, Stephen Graf Brohawn, Robert Virgil Stahelin

This study identifies a direct interaction between SARS-CoV-2 M protein and sphingolipids that regulates its conformational dynamics and virus assembly.

Nature Communications · Jul 23, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology