Influenza A virus ribonucleoproteins form liquid organelles at endoplasmic reticulum exit sites

Influenza A virus forms cytosolic inclusions containing viral ribonucleoproteins. Here, the authors show that viral inclusions form juxtaposed the endoplasmic reticulum and have liquid properties, likely constituting sites of assembly of epidemic and pandemic influenza genomes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marta Alenquer, Sílvia Vale-Costa, Temitope Akhigbe Etibor, Filipe Ferreira, Ana Laura Sousa, Maria João Amorim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09549-4