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4568
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Overview

Craig E. Cameron is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their academic research spans multiple areas within medicine, with a strong focus on molecular biology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, infectious diseases, public health, and hepatology.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Viperin Reveals Its True Function, 2020, Annual Review of Virology
  • Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 polymerase by nucleotide analogs from a single-molecule perspective, 2021, eLife
  • The ZCCHC14/TENT4 complex is required for hepatitis A virus RNA synthesis, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Induced intra- and intermolecular template switching as a therapeutic mechanism against RNA viruses, 2021, Molecular Cell
  • Identification of a cell-active chikungunya virus nsP2 protease inhibitor using a covalent fragment-based screening approach, 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Craig E. Cameron frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Jamie J. Arnold
  • Lila M. Gierasch
  • F. Peter Guengerich
  • Ruma Banerjee
  • Roger Colbran

Their work has been published in journals such as:

  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Science Advances
  • mBio

The main fields of study for their work are focused on medicine, with subfields including molecular biology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, infectious diseases, public health, environmental and occupational health, and hepatology.

The core topics addressed in their research are:

  • Viral infections and immunology research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Plant virus research studies
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Ethics in clinical research

Best Publications

  • Quasispecies diversity determines pathogenesis through cooperative interactions in a viral population

    Marco Vignuzzi;Jeffrey K. Stone;Jamie J. Arnold;Craig E. Cameron

  • RNA virus error catastrophe: direct molecular test by using ribavirin.

    Shane Crotty;Craig E. Cameron;Raul Andino

  • The broad-spectrum antiviral ribonucleoside ribavirin is an RNA virus mutagen.

    Shane Crotty;David Maag;Jamie J. Arnold;Weidong Zhong

  • Viral Reorganization of the Secretory Pathway Generates Distinct Organelles for RNA Replication

    Nai Yun Hsu;Olha Ilnytska;Georgiy Belov;Marianita Santiana

  • Mechanisms of action of ribavirin against distinct viruses.

    Jason D. Graci;Craig E. Cameron

  • Molecular and Biological Characterization of Deformed Wing Virus of Honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)

    Gaetana Lanzi;Joachim R. de Miranda;Joachim R. de Miranda;Maria Beatrice Boniotti;Craig E. Cameron

  • Hepatitis C virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (NS5B) as a mediator of the antiviral activity of ribavirin.

    David Maag;Christian Castro;Zhi Hong;Craig E. Cameron

  • An assembly domain of the Rous sarcoma virus Gag protein required late in budding.

    John W. Wills;Craig E. Cameron;Craig E. Cameron;Carol B. Wilson;Yan Xiang

  • Hepatitis C virus nonstructural protein 5A (NS5A) is an RNA-binding protein.

    Luyun Huang;Jungwook Hwang;Suresh D. Sharma;Michele R.S. Hargittai

  • Ribavirin's antiviral mechanism of action: lethal mutagenesis?

    Shane Crotty;Craig Cameron;Raul Andino

  • A naturally occurring antiviral ribonucleotide encoded by the human genome

    Anthony S. Gizzi;Tyler L. Grove;Jamie J. Arnold;Joyce Jose

  • 5'-Triphosphate-Dependent Activation of PKR by RNAs with Short Stem-Loops

    Subba Rao Nallagatla;Jungwook Hwang;Rebecca Toroney;Xiaofeng Zheng;Xiaofeng Zheng

  • Nucleic acid polymerases use a general acid for nucleotidyl transfer.

    Christian Castro;Eric D. Smidansky;Jamie J. Arnold;Kenneth R. Maksimchuk

  • A novel mechanism to ensure terminal initiation by hepatitis C virus NS5B polymerase.

    Zhi Hong;Craig E. Cameron;Michelle P. Walker;Christian Castro

  • The RNA polymerase activity of SARS-coronavirus nsp12 is primer dependent

    Aartjan J. W. te Velthuis;Jamie J. Arnold;Craig E. Cameron;Sjoerd H. E. van den Worm

  • The Palm Subdomain-based Active Site is Internally Permuted in Viral RNA-dependent RNA Polymerases of an Ancient Lineage

    Alexander E. Gorbalenya;Fiona M. Pringle;Jean Louis Zeddam;Brian T. Luke

  • Poliovirus RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase (3Dpol): Pre-Steady-State Kinetic Analysis of Ribonucleotide Incorporation in the Presence of Mg2+†

    Jamie J. Arnold;Craig E. Cameron

  • Evidence for a functional role of the dynamics of glycine-121 of Escherichia coli dihydrofolate reductase obtained from kinetic analysis of a site-directed mutant.

    Craig E. Cameron;Stephen J. Benkovic

  • Structure-Function Relationships Among RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerases

    Kenneth K.-S. Ng;Jamie J. Arnold;Craig E. Cameron

  • Hepatitis C Virus Non-structural Protein 3 (HCV NS3): A Multifunctional Antiviral Target

    Kevin D. Raney;Suresh D. Sharma;Ibrahim M. Moustafa;Craig E. Cameron

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick D. Schloss
Patrick D. Schloss University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Susan T. Lovett
Susan T. Lovett Brandeis University
Peter Tontonoz
Peter Tontonoz University of California, Los Angeles
Thomas J. Silhavy
Thomas J. Silhavy Princeton University
Andreas J. Bäumler
Andreas J. Bäumler University of California, Davis
Cesar A. Arias
Cesar A. Arias The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Arturo Casadevall
Arturo Casadevall Johns Hopkins University
Michael J. Sadowsky
Michael J. Sadowsky University of Minnesota
Harold L. Drake
Harold L. Drake University of Bayreuth
Jack A. Gilbert
Jack A. Gilbert University of California, San Diego

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