Co-option of an endogenous retrovirus envelope for host defense in hominid ancestors

by Daniel Blanco-Melo, Robert J Gifford, Paul D Bieniasz
Published 2017-04-01

Reconstruction of a replication-competent ancestral murine endogenous retrovirus-L

by Daniel Blanco-Melo, Robert J. Gifford, Paul D. Bieniasz
Published 2018-05-01

Global synonymous mutagenesis identifies cis-acting RNA elements that regulate HIV-1 splicing and replication.

by Matthew A Takata, Steven J Soll, Ann Emery, Daniel Blanco-Melo, Ronald Swanstrom, Paul D Bieniasz
Published 2018-01-01

Viral Fitness Landscapes in Diverse Host Species Reveal Multiple Evolutionary Lines for the NS1 Gene of Influenza A Viruses

by Raquel Muñoz-Moreno, Carles Martínez-Romero, Daniel Blanco-Melo, Christian V. Forst, Raffael Nachbagauer, Asiel Arturo Benitez, Ignacio Mena, Sadaf Aslam, Vinod Balasubramaniam, Ilseob Lee, Maryline Panis, Juan Ayllón, David Sachs, Man-Seong Park, Florian Krammer, Benjamin R. tenOever, Adolfo García-Sastre
Published 2019-12-01

Ancient viral genomes reveal introduction of human pathogenic viruses into Mexico during the transatlantic slave trade

by Axel A Guzmán-Solís, Viridiana Villa-Islas, Miriam J Bravo-López, Marcela Sandoval-Velasco, Julie K Wesp, Jorge A Gómez-Valdés, María de la Luz Moreno-Cabrera, Alejandro Meraz, Gabriela Solís-Pichardo, Peter Schaaf, Benjamin R TenOever, Daniel Blanco-Melo, María C Ávila Arcos
Published 2021-08-01