Zika viruses encode multiple upstream open reading frames in the 5' viral region with a role in neurotropism
C. Lefevre, G. M. Cook, A. M. Dinan, S. Torii, H. Stewart, G. Gibbons, A. S. Nicholson, L. Echavarria-Consuegra, L. W. Meredith, V. Lulla, J. C. Kenyon, I. G. Goodfellow, J. E. Deane, S. C. Graham, A. Lakatos, , N. Irigoyen
This study identifies multiple upstream open reading frames (uORFs) in Zika virus (ZIKV) that influence neurotropism but not mosquito transmission.
bioRxiv · Apr 20, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology