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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 29/10/2025

What are the #antiviral barriers to cross-species transmission of #zoonotic #influenza A viruses? @jordanbeckerphd.bsky.social @langloislab.bsky.social &co show that CpG-enriched avian #viruses are restricted by several mammalian proteins, including ZAP & KHNYN @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/47fkMVp

Prenylated human ZAP and mammalian KHNYN can independently restrict naturally CpG-enriched ROSV. Top: CpG content of retroviruses (ROSV in black, ROSV-mCherry reporter virus in pink dashed line, MLV in orange, and HIV-1 in blue) calculated as # CpG per 100 nucleotides over a sliding window (graph). Schematic of retrovirus open reading frame (ORF) organization (top). Bottom left: Retroviral assembly and single-cycle infectivity results of human ZAP-L, ZAP-S, and mutants effects on ROSV showing relative percent ROSV infected cells (% mCherry-positive; % mCh+) as determined by flow cytometry. DF-1 cells transfected with increasing plasmid amounts of indicated host proteins (100, 200, or 400 ng), 1,500 ng ROSV, and 200 ng VSV-G. Infectivity is relative to backbone pcDNA3.2 transfections (Mock). Below, western blots detecting ROSV cleaved Gagp19 in supernatant virions as well as full-length ROSV GagPr76, ZAP proteins, and ACTIN loading controls from cellular lysates. Bottom right: Retroviral assembly and single-cycle infectivity results of human KHNYN, mutants, and mammalian KHNYN homologs (from pig, dog, and platypus) on ROSV infectivity. Below, western blots detecting ROSV cleaved Gagp19 in supernatant virions as well as full-length ROSV GagPr76, human KHNYN proteins, and ACTIN loading controls from cellular lysates. Note mammalian KHNYN orthologues were not detected by human KHNYN antibodies.

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Ryan Langlois @langloislab.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Excited to announce that we have a new faculty search opening in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Minnesota for a tenure track Assistant Professor in RNA Virology. More info can be found here: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...

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Ryan Langlois @langloislab.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Excited for my first bluesky post announcing TWO openings for tenure track positions in virology! I am chair of the search committee and with a new department head Mike Gale we are in an exciting building phase. Please share with anyone who might be interested: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/365...

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