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Yorgo Modis

Researcher at University of Cambridge

Publications -  103
Citations -  9690

Yorgo Modis is an academic researcher from University of Cambridge. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lipid bilayer fusion & MDA5. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 97 publications receiving 8363 citations. Previous affiliations of Yorgo Modis include European Bioinformatics Institute & Boston Children's Hospital.

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X-ray structure of a protein-conducting channel

TL;DR: The crystal structure of the Sec61 or SecY complex from Methanococcus jannaschii suggests mechanisms for signal-sequence recognition and for the lateral exit of transmembrane segments of nascent membrane proteins into lipid, and indicates binding sites for partners that provide the driving force for translocation.
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Structure of the dengue virus envelope protein after membrane fusion

TL;DR: This work proposes a fusion mechanism driven by essentially irreversible conformational changes in E and facilitated by fusion-loop insertion into the outer bilayer leaflet, and suggests strategies for inhibiting flavivirus entry.
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A Ligand-Binding Pocket in the Dengue Virus Envelope Glycoprotein.

TL;DR: A crystal structure of the soluble ectodomain of E from dengue virus type 2 reveals a hydrophobic pocket lined by residues that influence the pH threshold for fusion, which points to a structural pathway for the fusion-activating transition and suggests a strategy for finding small-molecule inhibitors of d Dengue and other flaviviruses.