Submitted by Winter Kemppainen The research article, Picornavirus RNA is protected from cleavage by ribonuclease during virion uncoating and transfer across cellular and model membranes,1 outlines the results from a study that investigated how the RNA of Picornaviruses is transferred from the virion into the host cell’s cytoplasm without degradation by ribonucleases. The research focuses … Continue reading Protecting Picornavirus Genomes from RNAse Degradation within Endosomes

Submitted by Lyndsi Leprowse The topic of this discussion are Caliciviruses, and this discussion goes into specific detail about that of a certain member of the Caliciviridae family, called Norovirus. The family of Caliciviridae consists of seven species that are divided among five genera, which are: lagoviruses, neboviruses, noroviruses, sapoviruses, and vesiviruses1. Of the five … Continue reading Vesicle-Cloaked Noroviruses