Viral infection: Adapt or get zapped

Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 641 (2017).
doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2017.129

Author: Irene Vacca
In a recent study, Takata et al. show that viral CG suppression is key for the replication of HIV-1 and that the zinc-finger antiviral protein (ZAP), by specifically binding to CG-rich RNA sequences, can identify non-self RNAs and target them for degradation.

Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - October 12, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Irene Vacca Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research