• openAccess   African Swine Fever Virus Gene B117L Encodes a Small Protein Endowed with Low-pH-Dependent Membrane Permeabilizing Activity 

      Gladue, Douglas; Gómez Lucas, Lidia; Largo, Eneko; Velazquez-Salinas, Lauro; Ramirez-Medina, Elizabeth; Torralba, Johana; Queralt-Martin, Maria; Alcaraz, Antonio; Nieva, Jose L; Borca, Manuel V. American Society for Microbiology (2023-05-22)
      African swine fever virus (ASFV) is causing a devastating pandemic in domestic and wild swine in Central Europe to East Asia, resulting in economic losses for the swine industry. The virus contains a large double-stranded ...
    • openAccess   Molecular Characterization of the Viroporin Function of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Nonstructural Protein 2B 

      Gladue, Douglas; Largo, Eneko; de la Arada, Igor; Aguilella, Vicente; Alcaraz, Antonio; Arrondo, Jose Luis; Holinka, L.G.; Brocchi, Emiliana; Ramirez-Medina, Elizabeth; Vuono, Elizabeth; Berggren, Keith; Carrillo, C.; Nieva, Jose L; Borca, Manuel V. American Society for Microbiology (2018-12)
      Nonstructural protein 2B of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus (FMDV) is comprised of a small, hydrophobic, 154-amino-acid protein. Structure-function analyses demonstrated that FMDV 2B is an ion channel-forming protein. ...