2024
The West Nile virus genome harbors essential riboregulatory elements with conserved and host-specific functional roles
Huston N, Tsao L, Brackney D, Pyle A. The West Nile virus genome harbors essential riboregulatory elements with conserved and host-specific functional roles. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2024, 121: e2312080121. PMID: 38985757, PMCID: PMC11260092, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2312080121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWest Nile virus genomeWest Nile virusPositive-sense RNA virusesFunctional roleArthropod cell linesRiboregulatory elementsGenome foldingFlaviviral genomeRNA genomeIncreasing global threatVirus genomeGenomeRNA virusesStructural homologyHost-dependentSecondary structureLack of effective therapeuticsFunctional validationLocked nucleic acidStructural insightsRNA drugsCell linesArthropod-borneNucleic acidsAntisense locked nucleic acid
2022
The In Vivo and In Vitro Architecture of the Hepatitis C Virus RNA Genome Uncovers Functional RNA Secondary and Tertiary Structures
Wan H, Adams RL, Lindenbach BD, Pyle AM. The In Vivo and In Vitro Architecture of the Hepatitis C Virus RNA Genome Uncovers Functional RNA Secondary and Tertiary Structures. Journal Of Virology 2022, 96: e01946-21. PMID: 35353000, PMCID: PMC9044954, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01946-21.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSecondary structure mapRNA genomeRNA structureTertiary structureProtein-coding genesPositive-strand RNA virusesRegulatory RNA structuresFull-length structureHCV RNA genomeValuable model systemRNA structural motifsSecondary structural elementsEvolutionary functional analysisLife cycleVirus life cycleCellular contextCorresponding transcriptsImportant human pathogenLong RNAsGenomeSame RNAGenomic RNAComprehensive atlasFunctional analysisFunctional importance
2021
Comprehensive in vivo secondary structure of the SARS-CoV-2 genome reveals novel regulatory motifs and mechanisms
Huston NC, Wan H, Strine MS, de Cesaris Araujo Tavares R, Wilen CB, Pyle AM. Comprehensive in vivo secondary structure of the SARS-CoV-2 genome reveals novel regulatory motifs and mechanisms. Molecular Cell 2021, 81: 584-598.e5. PMID: 33444546, PMCID: PMC7775661, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.12.041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCell Line, TumorCOVID-19Genome, ViralHumansNucleic Acid ConformationResponse ElementsRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2ConceptsRNA structureSecondary structureRNA virusesSARS-CoV-2 RNA genomeNovel regulatory motifsSingle-nucleotide resolutionDownstream functional analysisRNA drug targetsPositive-sense RNA virusesGenome architectureGenomic structureEvolutionary analysisRegulatory motifsSARS-CoV-2 genomeViral life cycleRNA genomeFunctional analysisGenomeDrug targetsPrimer designInfected cellsViral RNADepth structural analysisLife cycleΒ-coronavirus