recent publications

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  • Cheng, B. Y. H., Ortiz-Riano, E., de la Torre, J. C., Martinez-Sobrido, L. Arenavirus genome rearrangement for the development of live attenuated vaccines Journal of Virology  2015 89:7373-7384  DOI:10.1128/jvi.00307-15  PMID:25972555  PMCID:PMC4473541
  • Cheng, B. Y. H., Ortiz-Riano, E., Nogales, A., de la Torre, J. C., Martinez-Sobrido, L. Development of live-attenuated arenavirus vaccines based on codon deoptimization Journal of Virology  2015 89:3523-3533  DOI:10.1128/jvi.03401-14  PMID:25589652
  • Ortiz-Riano, E., Ngo, N., Devito, S., Eggink, D., Munger, J., Shaw, M. L., de la Torre, J. C., Martinez-Sobrido, L. Inhibition of arenavirus by A3, a pyrimidine biosynthesis inhibitor Journal of Virology  2014 88:878-889  DOI:10.1128/jvi.02275-13  PMID:24198417  PMCID:PMC3911634
  • Ortiz-Riano, E., Cheng, B. Y. H., de la Torre, J. C., Martinez-Sobrido, L. Arenavirus reverse genetics for vaccine development Journal of General Virology  2013 94:1175-1188  DOI:10.1099/vir.0.051102-0  PMID:23364194  PMCID:PMC3709625
  • Ortiz-Riano, E., Cheng, B. Y. H., de la Torre, J. C., Martinez-Sobrido, L. D471G mutation in LCMV-NP affects its ability to self-associate and results in a dominant negative effect in viral RNA synthesis Viruses-Basel  2012 4:2137-2161  DOI:10.3390/v4102137  PMID:23202457  PMCID:PMC3497045
  • Rodrigo, Wwsi, Ortiz-Riano, E., Pythoud, C., Kunz, S., de la Torre, J. C., Martinez-Sobrido, L. Arenavirus nucleoproteins prevent activation of nuclear factor kappa b Journal of Virology  2012 86:8185-8197  DOI:10.1128/jvi.07240-11  PMID:22623788  PMCID:PMC3421694
  • Ortiz-Riano, E., Cheng, B. Y. H., de la Torre, J. C., Martinez-Sobrido, L. Self-association of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus nucleoprotein is mediated by its N-terminal region and is not required for its anti-interferon function Journal of Virology  2012 86:3307-3317  DOI:10.1128/jvi.05503-11  PMID:22258244  PMCID:PMC3302321
  • Ortiz-Riano, E., Cheng, B. Y. H., de la Torre, J. C., Martinez-Sobrido, L. The C-terminal region of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus nucleoprotein contains distinct and segregable functional domains involved in NP-Z interaction and counteraction of the type I interferon response Journal of Virology  2011 85:13038-13048  DOI:10.1128/jvi.05834-11  PMID:21976642  PMCID:PMC3233175