The Role of the Cytoskeleton during Viral Replication Cycle
A special issue of Viruses (ISSN 1999-4915). This special issue belongs to the section "General Virology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2024 | Viewed by 145
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites that are critically depend on their hosts to initiate infection and complete replication cycles. To achieve these goals, viruses have evolved numerous elegant strategies to subvert and utilize different pieces of cellular machinery. The cytoskeleton is often one of the first components to be hijacked, as it provides a convenient transport system for viruses to enter the cell and reach the site of replication. The host cytoskeleton has complex interactions with viruses during viral entry, intracellular transport, replication, and egress processes, as well as cell-to-cell transmission once the life cycle is completed.
This research topic welcomes articles from all over the globe describing the functions of some prominent viruses in inducing or hijacking cytoskeletal structures and the related antiviral responses to provide new insights into the further study of the crosstalk between the cytoskeleton and viruses, which may contribute to the design of novel antivirals targeting the cytoskeleton.
Dr. Lian-Feng Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- host cytoskeleton
- viral replication cycle
- host–virus interactions
- orchestrated crosstalk
- molecular mechanism
