2024
Balancing acts: The posttranslational modification tightrope of flavivirus replication
Boytz R, Laurent-Rolle M. Balancing acts: The posttranslational modification tightrope of flavivirus replication. PLOS Pathogens 2024, 20: e1012626. PMID: 39466723, PMCID: PMC11516179, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012626.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
CMPK2 restricts Zika virus replication by inhibiting viral translation
Pawlak J, Hsu J, Xia H, Han P, Suh H, Grove T, Morrison J, Shi P, Cresswell P, Laurent-Rolle M. CMPK2 restricts Zika virus replication by inhibiting viral translation. PLOS Pathogens 2023, 19: e1011286. PMID: 37075076, PMCID: PMC10150978, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011286.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCytidine/uridine monophosphate kinase 2I interferon-stimulated genesZika virus replicationYellow fever virusAntiviral activityAntiviral effectVirus replicationKunjin virusType I interferon-stimulated genesFirst lineOverall antiviral responseHost's first lineEffective therapeutic interventionsViral translationBroad antiviral activityInterferon-stimulated genesGlobal health threatAntiviral treatmentFlaviviral infectionsPathogenic flavivirusesAntiviral functionDrug AdministrationTherapeutic interventionsAntiviral responseDengue virus
2005
Inhibition of Alpha/Beta Interferon Signaling by the NS4B Protein of Flaviviruses
Muñoz-Jordán JL, Laurent-Rolle M, Ashour J, Martínez-Sobrido L, Ashok M, Lipkin WI, García-Sastre A. Inhibition of Alpha/Beta Interferon Signaling by the NS4B Protein of Flaviviruses. Journal Of Virology 2005, 79: 8004-8013. PMID: 15956546, PMCID: PMC1143737, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.13.8004-8013.2005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSignal peptideCleavable signal peptidePositive-strand RNA virusesInterferon-stimulated response element promoterISRE promoter activationNonstructural protein NS4BB fusion proteinFunction of NS4BResponse element promoterActivation of STAT1Dengue virus NS4BNS2B/NS3Alpha/beta interferonAnti-interferon functionDeletion analysisIFN antagonismN-terminusPromoter activationFusion proteinStructural proteinsNonstructural proteinsInhibition of interferonRNA virusesViral polyprotein processingNS4B protein