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Alan L. Rothman
Published in Volume 113, Issue 7
J Clin Invest. 2004; 113(7):946–951 doi:10.1172/JCI21512
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Figure 1

Organization of the flavivirus genome and its resulting proteins and the location of the major targets of the immune response. The DENV genome is a single-stranded sense RNA with a single open reading frame (ORF; top). The ORF is translated as a single polyprotein (middle) that is cleaved by viral and host proteases to yield the ten viral proteins: the C protein; the M protein, which is synthesized as the larger precursor protein pre-M (pM); the major E glycoprotein; and seven NS proteins involved in viral replication among other functions (bottom). The strength of the antibody and T cell responses to individual viral proteins is indicated below.