UNC Researchers Team Up to Find New Target for Dengue Virus Vaccine
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 12:50
in Biology & Nature
UNC researchers showed that a molecular hinge where two regions of a protein connect is where natural human antibodies attach to dengue type-3 to disable it. It's the first study to demonstrate how these binding sites can be genetically exchanged without disrupting the integrity of the virus.