Structural and functional characterisation of chikungunya virus replication complex dynamics

• Main Author: Tan, Yaw Bia
• Other Authors: Luo Dahai
• Format: Thesis-Master by Research
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2019
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences; Science::Chemistry::Analytical chemistry::Proteins
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90307; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49450
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a 12 kilobase (kb) positive sense single strand RNA (+ssRNA) mosquito-borne virus. Through mosquito bites, the infected victims develop Chikungunya Fever (CHIKF) associated with symptoms like acute fever and painful polyarthritis. Unfortunately, there are no current e...