Here the authors identify upstream open reading frames (uORFs), uORF1 and uORF2 in the Asian/American lineage and African uORF in the African lineage of Zika viruses, and show that uORF1 affects vimentin filaments and that the identified uORFs affect virus replication in neural cells.
- Charlotte Lefèvre
- Georgia M. Cook
- Nerea Irigoyen