Publications by authors named "Kalouna Kra"

Capsid assembly modulators (CAMs) are antiviral molecules that disturb the formation of icosahedral viral capsids, in particular, those of the Hepatitis B virus (HBV). We report an integrated, physics-driven study elucidating quantitatively the effects of two classes of CAMs on the HBV capsid assembly. Time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering measurements revealed accelerated self-assembly processes that implied the increase of subunit binding energy from 9- up to 18-fold the thermal energy due to CAMs.

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The process of genome packaging in most of viruses is poorly understood, notably the role of the genome itself in the nucleocapsid structure. For simple icosahedral single-stranded RNA viruses, the branched topology due to the RNA secondary structure is thought to lower the free energy required to complete a virion. We investigate the structure of nucleocapsids packaging RNA segments with various degrees of compactness by small-angle x-ray scattering and cryotransmission electron microscopy.

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