New Discoveries of Protein Structure in Virus
A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409). This special issue belongs to the section "Cellular Biophysics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 January 2022) | Viewed by 3902
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The aim of this Special Issue is to provide an overview of the latest findings in the field of viral protein structure. Viruses have simple genomes with a reduced number of genes that code for structural proteins, that is, those that form the capsid, and non-structural proteins such as polymerases or others that play regulatory or accessory roles. Thus, their life cycle mostly relies on the host cellular machinery. Viruses use a myriad of strategies that allow them to infect their host cells, replicate their genetic material, and sequester any factor from the host to ensure their propagation. A better understanding of these mechanisms is of great importance to develop new therapeutical strategies to fight these pathogens. In this sense, structural studies have always been of great importance since they provide high-resolution information that allows the rational design of drugs to combat viral infections.
This Special Issue of Cells therefore invites review articles and original research papers covering the viral protein structure research field. Topics will cover novel viral protein structures, viral-host protein interactions, viral protein regulation, drug design or capsid assembly, from a structural point of view.
Dr. Jordi Querol-Audi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- viruses
- protein structure
- virus-host interactions
- structure-based drug design
- viral polymerases
- viral life cycle regulation
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