West Nile Virus Proteins Are Mapped

Their findings were published in the October 10, 2003, issue of Science.

"We can now clearly understand how these proteins interact with one another,” said senior author Dr. Richard J. Kuhn, professor of biologic sciences at Purdue University. "These protein molecules fit together like a jigsaw puzzle and form a well-ordered symmetrical particle. From the structure, we now know, essentially, how the major sets of protein molecules interlock with each other chemically. Armed with this knowledge, scientists might now conceive of ways to interrupt the viral assembly process.”



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