Viruses

Adenovirus has an icosahedral capsid with unusual cell-binding fibers

Bacteriophage phiX174 hijacks bacterial cells and forces them to make new copies of the virus

Structural studies of broadly neutralizing antibodies are paving the way to vaccines for HIV, influenza and RSV

Coronavirus proteases are attractive targets for the design of antiviral drugs.

Atomic structures of dengue virus are giving new hope for creation of a vaccine

Structures of ebola virus proteins are giving new hope for fighting this deadly virus

An anti-inflammatory drug has given us a new way to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Influenza virus binds to cells and infects them using hemagglutinin

Structures of hepatitis C viral proteins have led to the discovery of direct-acting antivirals.

At the center of HIV, an unusual cone-shaped capsid protects the viral genome and delivers it into infected cells

Envelope protein attaches HIV to the cells that it infects and powers fusion of the virus with the cell membrane

HIV builds a DNA copy of its RNA genome, providing a unique target for drug therapy

The capsid protein of papillomavirus is used in vaccines that prevent cervical cancer.

Neuraminidase is an important target for influenza drugs

HIV integrase allows HIV to insert itself into the genome of an infected cell

Six proteins in measles virus work together to infect cells.

Viruses that cause distemper are surrounded by an icosahedral capsid

Crystallographic structures reveal the atomic details of viruses and how to fight them

Viruses use quasisymmetry to build large capsids out of many small subunits

Structures of the fusion glycoprotein from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) were used to engineer effective vaccines to fight viral infection.

Home test kits for SARS-CoV-2 test for the presence of nucleocapsid, the protein that packages the viral genome in infectious virions.

Coronaviruses duplicate their RNA genome using a specialized polymerase

Coronavirus spike protein binds to receptors on cell surfaces, and is a target for vaccine development.

Structural biologists are revealing the many ways that antibodies recognize SARS-CoV-2

SV40 hijacks the cells it infects using only a handful of proteins

Our cells continually look for pieces of double-stranded RNA, a possible sign of viral infection

A cylindrical arrangement of proteins protects a long strand of RNA in TMV

Bacteriophage phiX174 makes a small protein that kills bacterial cells.

Cryo-electron microscopy reveals the structure of Zika virus