SARS-CoV-2 Is Restricted by Zinc Finger Antiviral Protein despite Preadaptation to the Low-CpG Environment in Humans

by Rayhane Nchioua, Dorota Kmiec, Janis A. Müller, Carina Conzelmann, Rüdiger Groß, Chad M. Swanson, Stuart J. D. Neil, Steffen Stenger, Daniel Sauter, Jan Münch, Konstantin M. J. Sparrer, Frank Kirchhoff
Published 2020

CpG Frequency in the 5′ Third of the <italic toggle="yes">env</italic> Gene Determines Sensitivity of Primary HIV-1 Strains to the Zinc-Finger Antiviral Protein

by Dorota Kmiec, Rayhane Nchioua, Scott Sherrill-Mix, Christina M. Stürzel, Elena Heusinger, Elisabeth Braun, Marcos V. P. Gondim, Dominik Hotter, Konstantin M. J. Sparrer, Beatrice H. Hahn, Daniel Sauter, Frank Kirchhoff
Published 2020

Spike residue 403 affects binding of coronavirus spikes to human ACE2

by Fabian Zech, Daniel Schniertshauer, Christoph Jung, Alexandra Herrmann, Arne Cordsmeier, Qinya Xie, Rayhane Nchioua, Caterina Prelli Bozzo, Meta Volcic, Lennart Koepke, Janis A. Müller, Jana Krüger, Sandra Heller, Steffen Stenger, Markus Hoffmann, Stefan Pöhlmann, Alexander Kleger, Timo Jacob, Karl-Klaus Conzelmann, Armin Ensser, Konstantin M. J. Sparrer, Frank Kirchhoff
Published 2021

IFITM proteins promote SARS-CoV-2 infection and are targets for virus inhibition in vitro

by Caterina Prelli Bozzo, Rayhane Nchioua, Meta Volcic, Lennart Koepke, Jana Krüger, Desiree Schütz, Sandra Heller, Christina M. Stürzel, Dorota Kmiec, Carina Conzelmann, Janis Müller, Fabian Zech, Elisabeth Braun, Rüdiger Groß, Lukas Wettstein, Tatjana Weil, Johanna Weiß, Federica Diofano, Armando A. Rodríguez Alfonso, Sebastian Wiese, Daniel Sauter, Jan Münch, Christine Goffinet, Alberto Catanese, Michael Schön, Tobias M. Boeckers, Steffen Stenger, Kei Sato, Steffen Just, Alexander Kleger, Konstantin M. J. Sparrer, Frank Kirchhoff
Published 2021