Virus Assembly and Genome Packaging
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "General Virology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 2858
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (UASLP), Av. Chapultepec 1570, Privadas del Pedregal, San Luis Potosi 78295, Mexico
Interests: VLP-based vaccines; RNA viruses; coronaviruses; viral assembly; arboviviruses
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Dear Colleagues,
Virus assembly is a key step of the infectious cycle and is the consequence of a series of well-orchestrated steps that must occur between the viral structural proteins and genome at the right time and in the right place. Furthermore, there are viruses in which assembly and packaging also depend on the interaction between viral and host proteins. This process depends on several aspects, such as the type of host cell and the organelle(s) where assembly occurs, the nature of the genome (ss vs. ds), and the viral genomic replication mechanism. Unfortunately, the molecular mechanism of virion assembly and genome packaging for most viruses is still not fully understood. Interestingly, this mechanism for virion assembly and/or genome packaging could be conserved between different viral species of the same family, and thus, the understanding of these processes could lead not only to understanding the molecular and physical mechanisms that control them but also to the development of novel antiviral therapies that could disrupt the infectious cycle.
Prof. Dr. Mauricio Comas-Garcia
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- viral assembly
- genome packaging
- viral structural proteins
- host protein
- viral–host interactions
- antiviral therapies
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