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Jul 2026
Structures of asymmetric particles of tick-borne encephalitis virus provide insight into flavivirus assembly and maturation
It is shown that many particles of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) are asymmetric and lack subsets of surface heterodimers, explaining how flaviviruses can be neutralized by antibodies that bind to regions of E proteins normally inaccessible in the spiky or herringbone structures.
Tibor Füzik, Maria Anastasina, Peter Pajtinka et al.
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