Modular Assembly of an Infectious Clone of the Akata strain of EBV using Synthetic Genomics Methods in Yeast
Adam Raviv, Kristiana Smith, Sanjana Prasad, Peter Grzesik, Sydney Gohreishi, Bogdan Paun, Lauren M. Oldfield, Angelica Contreras, Jennifer Petr, Gabriel Ghiaur, Sanjay Vashee, Richard F. Ambinder, Prashant J. Desai
The paper demonstrates the assembly of an infectious EBV clone using synthetic genomics in yeast, revealing the essential role of the small capsid protein BFRF3 in virus production.
bioRxiv · Jun 18, 2026 · PreprintSynthetic Biology