We used structural modeling + minigenome assays to get our first look at this critical host-virus interface. Great collaboration between MSTP student Megan Levy (our lab) & postdoc America Chi in @jagdishpatel.bsky.social’s lab at U Idaho. Preprint online now: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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bioRxiv Microbiology@biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Structural modeling and experimental validation define the MxA-Thogotovirus nucleoprotein interface that drives restriction and escape https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.07.743570v1