Potent Antibody Protection against an Emerging Alphavirus Threat.

Kielian, Margaret; Saphire, Erica Ollmann · Cell · 2015

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Chikungunya virus recently caused large outbreaks world-wide. In this issue of Cell, Fox et al. describe several potently neutralizing antibodies against multiple alphaviruses. The structure of the virus in complex with one of the antibodies reveals the antibody-induced rearrangement and crosslinking of the viral surface proteins that result in neutralization.

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