Advances in Structural Virology via Cryo-EM
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2018) | Viewed by 52524
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recent advances in the technologies associated with cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) have brought forward a 'resolution revolution'. This revolution has been harnessed by the structural virology community and has yielded significant results that have impacted our fundamental understanding of virus structure, virus glycoprotein structure, processes of virus replication, and anti-viral and vaccine development.
This Special Issue of Viruses is dedicated to advances in cryo-EM based structural virology. We would like to assemble a collection of primary research papers and reviews that will highlight developments in the field of structural virology made possible by advances in cryo-EM instrumentation and methods. Topics may include all areas of structural virology, as well as novel cryo-EM strategies, used to determine the structures of viruses and virus–host interactions.
Prof. Elizabeth R. Wright
Guest Editor
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Keywords
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Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM)
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Cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET)
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Cryo-correlative light and electron microscopy (cryo-CLEM)
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Virus fusion and entry
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Virus assembly
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Virus maturation
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Vaccine, prophylactic antibody, and anti-viral development
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