A human antibody against Zika virus crosslinks the E protein to prevent infection

The human monoclonal antibody ZIKV-117 has demonstrated therapeutic potential against Zika while showing no cross-reactivity to other flaviviruses. Here the authors present a cryo-EM structure of the ZIKV strain H/PF/2013 in complex with the ZIKV-117 Fab, shedding light on its neutralization mechani...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: S. Saif Hasan, Andrew Miller, Gopal Sapparapu, Estefania Fernandez, Thomas Klose, Feng Long, Andrei Fokine, Jason C. Porta, Wen Jiang, Michael S. Diamond, James E. Crowe Jr., Richard J. Kuhn, Michael G. Rossmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14722