SNAP-tagged Chikungunya Virus Replicons Improve Visualisation of Non-Structural Protein 3 by Fluorescence Microscopy

by Roland Remenyi, Grace C. Roberts, Carsten Zothner, Andres Merits, Mark Harris
Published 2017

Inhibitors of alphavirus entry and replication identified with a stable Chikungunya replicon cell line and virus-based assays.

by Leena Pohjala, Age Utt, Margus Varjak, Aleksei Lulla, Andres Merits, Tero Ahola, Päivi Tammela
Published 2011

Mutation of the N-Terminal Region of Chikungunya Virus Capsid Protein: Implications for Vaccine Design

by Adam Taylor, Xiang Liu, Ali Zaid, Lucas Y. H. Goh, Jody Hobson-Peters, Roy A. Hall, Andres Merits, Suresh Mahalingam
Published 2017

Analysis of Zika virus capsid-Aedes aegypti mosquito interactome reveals pro-viral host factors critical for establishing infection

by Rommel J. Gestuveo, Jamie Royle, Claire L. Donald, Douglas J. Lamont, Edward C. Hutchinson, Andres Merits, Alain Kohl, Margus Varjak
Published 2021

Decreased Virulence of Ross River Virus Harboring a Mutation in the First Cleavage Site of Nonstructural Polyprotein Is Caused by a Novel Mechanism Leading to Increased Production...

by Xiang Liu, Margit Mutso, Age Utt, Anni Lepland, Lara J. Herrero, Adam Taylor, Jayaram Bettadapura, Penny A. Rudd, Andres Merits, Suresh Mahalingam
Published 2018

Unique epitopes recognized by antibodies induced in Chikungunya virus-infected non-human primates: implications for the study of immunopathology and vaccine development.

by Yiu-Wing Kam, Wendy W L Lee, Diane Simarmata, Roger Le Grand, Hugues Tolou, Andres Merits, Pierre Roques, Lisa F P Ng
Published 2014

Imipramine Inhibits Chikungunya Virus Replication in Human Skin Fibroblasts through Interference with Intracellular Cholesterol Trafficking

by Sineewanlaya Wichit, Rodolphe Hamel, Eric Bernard, Loïc Talignani, Fodé Diop, Pauline Ferraris, Florian Liegeois, Peeraya Ekchariyawat, Natthanej Luplertlop, Pornapat Surasombatpattana, Frédéric Thomas, Andres Merits, Valérie Choumet, Pierre Roques, Hans Yssel, Laurence Briant, Dorothée Missé
Published 2017

A human genome-wide loss-of-function screen identifies effective chikungunya antiviral drugs

by Alexander Karlas, Stefano Berre, Thérèse Couderc, Margus Varjak, Peter Braun, Michael Meyer, Nicolas Gangneux, Liis Karo-Astover, Friderike Weege, Martin Raftery, Günther Schönrich, Uwe Klemm, Anne Wurzlbauer, Franz Bracher, Andres Merits, Thomas F. Meyer, Marc Lecuit
Published 2016

Chikungunya virus entry is strongly inhibited by phospholipase A2 isolated from the venom of Crotalus durissus terrificus

by Igor Andrade Santos, Jacqueline Farinha Shimizu, Débora Moraes de Oliveira, Daniel Oliveira Silva Martins, Léia Cardoso-Sousa, Adélia Cristina Oliveira Cintra, Victor Hugo Aquino, Suely Vilela Sampaio, Nilson Nicolau-Junior, Robinson Sabino-Silva, Andres Merits, Mark Harris, Ana Carolina Gomes Jardim
Published 2021

Comprehensive mapping of SARS-CoV-2 interactions in vivo reveals functional virus-host interactions

by Siwy Ling Yang, Louis DeFalco, Danielle E. Anderson, Yu Zhang, Jong Ghut Ashley Aw, Su Ying Lim, Xin Ni Lim, Kiat Yee Tan, Tong Zhang, Tanu Chawla, Yan Su, Alexander Lezhava, Andres Merits, Lin-Fa Wang, Roland G. Huber, Yue Wan
Published 2021

In vitro selection of Remdesivir resistance suggests evolutionary predictability of SARS-CoV-2.

by Agnieszka M Szemiel, Andres Merits, Richard J Orton, Oscar A MacLean, Rute Maria Pinto, Arthur Wickenhagen, Gauthier Lieber, Matthew L Turnbull, Sainan Wang, Wilhelm Furnon, Nicolas M Suarez, Daniel Mair, Ana da Silva Filipe, Brian J Willett, Sam J Wilson, Arvind H Patel, Emma C Thomson, Massimo Palmarini, Alain Kohl, Meredith E Stewart
Published 2021