Brothers in Arms: Structure, Assembly and Function of Arenaviridae Nucleoprotein
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Arenavirus Nucleoprotein Architecture and Structure from Atomic Structures to Observation
2.1. Architecture and Full-Length Structure of NP
2.2. From Filament to Polymer Assembly
3. A Phosphorylation Signal Controls NP Assembly and RTC Formation
4. Arenavirus NP Assembly Compared to those of other Bunyavirales Nucleoproteins: The Brothers in Arms
4.1. The Lateral Arm(s) Multimerization Domain
4.2. The Central Multimerization Arm
5. Nucleoprotein Counteracting Innate Immune Response and Host Antiviral Defence
6. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Papageorgiou, N.; Spiliopoulou, M.; Nguyen, T.-H.V.; Vaitsopoulou, A.; Laban, E.Y.; Alvarez, K.; Margiolaki, I.; Canard, B.; Ferron, F. Brothers in Arms: Structure, Assembly and Function of Arenaviridae Nucleoprotein. Viruses 2020, 12, 772. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12070772
Papageorgiou N, Spiliopoulou M, Nguyen T-HV, Vaitsopoulou A, Laban EY, Alvarez K, Margiolaki I, Canard B, Ferron F. Brothers in Arms: Structure, Assembly and Function of Arenaviridae Nucleoprotein. Viruses. 2020; 12(7):772. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12070772
Chicago/Turabian StylePapageorgiou, Nicolas, Maria Spiliopoulou, Thi-Hong Van Nguyen, Afroditi Vaitsopoulou, Elsie Yekwa Laban, Karine Alvarez, Irene Margiolaki, Bruno Canard, and François Ferron. 2020. "Brothers in Arms: Structure, Assembly and Function of Arenaviridae Nucleoprotein" Viruses 12, no. 7: 772. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12070772
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