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Neha Vithani

Washington University in St. LouisORCID 0000-0003-4375-8762Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:zebrafish· 1

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Opening and closing of a cryptic pocket in VP35 toggles it between two different RNA-binding modes

Upasana L. Mallimadugula, Matthew A. Cruz, Neha Vithani, Maxwell I. Zimmerman, Gregory R. Bowman

The paper investigates whether a cryptic pocket in VP35 affects dsRNA binding, showing that open and closed conformations bind different RNA features.

eLife · Sep 2, 2025Peer-reviewedBiophysics