Cryo-EM Structure of Chikungunya Virus in Complex with the Mxra8 Receptor

Cell. 2019 Jun 13;177(7):1725-1737.e16.

Basore K¹, Kim AS², Nelson CA¹, Zhang R³, Smith BK¹, Uranga C⁴, Vang L⁴, Cheng M⁵, Gross ML⁵, Smith J⁴, Diamond MS⁶, Fremont DH⁷.

1. Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA.
2. Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA.
3. Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA.
4. PaxVax, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
5. Department of Chemistry, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA.
6. Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA. Electronic address: diamond@wusm.wustl.edu.
7. Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA. Electronic address: fremont@wustl.edu.

Presented by Katherine Basore