Eilidh Rivers
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Eilidh Rivers
@eilidhrivers.bsky.social
PhD student | MRC-UofG Centre for Virus Research 🦠🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
E3 ligases in innate immunity
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Reposted by Eilidh Rivers
Pre-print: our description of RZ affiliate ZNFX1 is now online.

On binding viral RNA, ZNFX1 generates parallel Ub currents, coordinating Ub-dependent RNA silencing and aggregate resolution.

Huge effort from first authors Dan Squair and @eilidhrivers.bsky.social

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
ZNFX1 uses two-component ubiquitin circuitry to quarantine viral RNA
The detection of viral RNA inside cells triggers a diverse range of antiviral responses, including global translation inhibition, interferon secretion and RNA sequestration. Mutations in the gene ZNFX...
www.biorxiv.org
September 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM