Andres Merits

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Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 2018-2024
Publications (10 Years): 54

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Journal of virology

mBio

Viruses

Microbiology spectrum

University of Tartu

Moscow State University (PHD)

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Affiliation History

University of Tartu Jan 01 2003

Estonia

Professor :: Institute of Technology

Education History

Moscow State University Sep 01 1990 - Dec 31 1993

Russia

PHD :: Biology

Publications

Peiqi Yin, Nicholas A May, Laura Sandra Lello, Atef Fayed, M Guston Parks, Adam M Drobish, Sainan Wang, Meghan Andrews, Zachary Sticher, Alexander A Kolykhalov, Michael G Natchus, George R Painter, Andres Merits, Margaret Kielian, Thomas E Morrison
4'-Fluorouridine inhibits alphavirus replication and infection in vitro and in vivo . mBio (2024)
Stephanie M Rainey, Daniella A Lefteri, Christie Darby, Alain Kohl, Andres Merits, Steven P Sinkins
Evidence of Differences in Cellular Regulation of Wolbachia -Mediated Viral Inhibition between Alphaviruses and Flaviviruses. Viruses 16 (1) (2024)
Peiqi Yin, Nicholas A May, Laura Sandra Lello, Atef Fayed, M Guston Parks, Adam M Drobish, Sainan Wang, Meghan Andrews, Zachary Sticher, Alexander A Kolykhalov, Michael G Natchus, George R Painter, Andres Merits, Margaret Kielian, Thomas E Morrison
4'-Fluorouridine inhibits alphavirus replication and infection in vitro and in vivo . mBio 15 (6) (2024)
Ailar Omler, Margit Mutso, Mihkel Vaher, Joseph R Freitas, Adam Taylor, Cassandra T David, Gregory W Moseley, Xiang Liu, Andres Merits, Suresh Mahalingam
Exploring Barmah Forest virus pathogenesis: molecular tools to investigate non-structural protein 3 nuclear localization and viral genomic determinants of replication. mBio 15 (8) (2024)
Stephanie M Rainey, Daniella A Lefteri, Christie Darby, Alain Kohl, Andres Merits, Steven P Sinkins
Evidence of Differences in Cellular Regulation of Wolbachia -Mediated Viral Inhibition between Alphaviruses and Flaviviruses. Viruses 16 (1) (2024)
Peiqi Yin, Nicholas A May, Laura Sandra Lello, Atef Fayed, M Guston Parks, Adam M Drobish, Sainan Wang, Meghan Andrews, Zachary Sticher, Alexander A Kolykhalov, Michael G Natchus, George R Painter, Andres Merits, Margaret Kielian, Thomas E Morrison
4'-Fluorouridine inhibits alphavirus replication and infection in vitro and in vivo . mBio 15 (6) (2024)
Ailar Omler, Margit Mutso, Mihkel Vaher, Joseph R Freitas, Adam Taylor, Cassandra T David, Gregory W Moseley, Xiang Liu, Andres Merits, Suresh Mahalingam
Exploring Barmah Forest virus pathogenesis: molecular tools to investigate non-structural protein 3 nuclear localization and viral genomic determinants of replication. mBio 15 (8) (2024)
Stephanie M Rainey, Daniella A Lefteri, Christie Darby, Alain Kohl, Andres Merits, Steven P Sinkins
Evidence of Differences in Cellular Regulation of Wolbachia -Mediated Viral Inhibition between Alphaviruses and Flaviviruses. Viruses 16 (1) (2024)
Peiqi Yin, Nicholas A May, Laura Sandra Lello, Atef Fayed, M Guston Parks, Adam M Drobish, Sainan Wang, Meghan Andrews, Zachary Sticher, Alexander A Kolykhalov, Michael G Natchus, George R Painter, Andres Merits, Margaret Kielian, Thomas E Morrison
4'-Fluorouridine inhibits alphavirus replication and infection in vitro and in vivo . mBio (2024)
Stephanie M Rainey, Daniella A Lefteri, Christie Darby, Alain Kohl, Andres Merits, Steven P Sinkins
Evidence of Differences in Cellular Regulation of Wolbachia -Mediated Viral Inhibition between Alphaviruses and Flaviviruses. Viruses 16 (1) (2024)
Stephanie M Rainey, Daniella A Lefteri, Christie Darby, Alain Kohl, Andres Merits, Steven P Sinkins
Evidence of Differences in Cellular Regulation of Wolbachia -Mediated Viral Inhibition between Alphaviruses and Flaviviruses. Viruses 16 (1) (2024)
Ailar Omler, Margit Mutso, Mihkel Vaher, Joseph R Freitas, Adam Taylor, Cassandra T David, Gregory W Moseley, Xiang Liu, Andres Merits, Suresh Mahalingam
Exploring Barmah Forest virus pathogenesis: molecular tools to investigate non-structural protein 3 nuclear localization and viral genomic determinants of replication. mBio 15 (8) (2024)
Ailar Omler, Margit Mutso, Mihkel Vaher, Joseph R Freitas, Adam Taylor, Cassandra T David, Gregory W Moseley, Xiang Liu, Andres Merits, Suresh Mahalingam
Exploring Barmah Forest virus pathogenesis: molecular tools to investigate non-structural protein 3 nuclear localization and viral genomic determinants of replication. mBio (2024)
Stephanie M Rainey, Daniella A Lefteri, Christie Darby, Alain Kohl, Andres Merits, Steven P Sinkins
Evidence of Differences in Cellular Regulation of Wolbachia -Mediated Viral Inhibition between Alphaviruses and Flaviviruses. Viruses 16 (1) (2024)
Peiqi Yin, Nicholas A May, Laura Sandra Lello, Atef Fayed, M Guston Parks, Adam M Drobish, Sainan Wang, Meghan Andrews, Zachary Sticher, Alexander A Kolykhalov, Michael G Natchus, George R Painter, Andres Merits, Margaret Kielian, Thomas E Morrison
4'-Fluorouridine inhibits alphavirus replication and infection in vitro and in vivo . mBio 15 (6) (2024)
Stephanie M Rainey, Daniella A Lefteri, Christie Darby, Alain Kohl, Andres Merits, Steven P Sinkins
Evidence of Differences in Cellular Regulation of Wolbachia -Mediated Viral Inhibition between Alphaviruses and Flaviviruses. Viruses 16 (1) (2024)
Stephanie M Rainey, Daniella A Lefteri, Christie Darby, Alain Kohl, Andres Merits, Steven P Sinkins
Evidence of Differences in Cellular Regulation of Wolbachia -Mediated Viral Inhibition between Alphaviruses and Flaviviruses. Viruses 16 (1) (2024)
Jiaqi Guo, Yu He, Xiaoli Wang, Andres Merits, Mingshu Wang, Renyong Jia, Dekang Zhu, Qinyuan Chen, Xinxin Zhao, Qiao Yang, Ying Wu, Shaqiu Zhang, Juan Huang, Sai Mao, Xumin Ou, Qun Gao, Di Sun, Bin Tian, An-Chun Cheng, Shun Chen
Attenuation of Avian Flavivirus by Rewiring the Leucine and Serine Codons of Its E-NS1 Protein toward Stop Mutation To Redirect Virus Evolution. Microbiology spectrum (2023)
Jiaqi Guo, Yu He, Xiaoli Wang, Andres Merits, Mingshu Wang, Renyong Jia, Dekang Zhu, Qinyuan Chen, Xinxin Zhao, Qiao Yang, Ying Wu, Shaqiu Zhang, Juan Huang, Sai Mao, Xumin Ou, Qun Gao, Di Sun, Bin Tian, An-Chun Cheng, Shun Chen
Attenuation of Avian Flavivirus by Rewiring the Leucine and Serine Codons of Its E-NS1 Protein toward Stop Mutation To Redirect Virus Evolution. Microbiology spectrum 11 (1) (2023)
Christine M Reitmayer, Emily Levitt, Sanjay Basu, Barry Atkinson, Rennos Fragkoudis, Andres Merits, Sarah Lumley, Will Larner, Adriana V Díaz, Sara Rooney, Callum J E Thomas, Katharina von Wyschetzki, Kai Rausalu, Luke S Alphey
Mimicking superinfection exclusion disrupts alphavirus infection and transmission in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120 (37) (2023)
Gabriela Miranda Ayusso, Paulo Ricardo da Silva Sanches, Tamara Carvalho, Igor Andrade Santos, Daniel Oliveira Silva Martins, Maria Letícia Duarte Lima, Pâmela Jóyce Previdelli da Conceição, Cíntia Bittar, Andres Merits, Eduardo Maffud Cilli, Ana Carolina Gomes Jardim, Paula Rahal, Marilia de Freitas Calmon Saiki
The Synthetic Peptide GA-Hecate and Its Analogs Inhibit Multiple Steps of the Chikungunya Virus Infection Cycle In Vitro. Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) 16 (10) (2023)
Jiaqi Guo, Yu He, Xiaoli Wang, Andres Merits, Mingshu Wang, Renyong Jia, Dekang Zhu, Qinyuan Chen, Xinxin Zhao, Qiao Yang, Ying Wu, Shaqiu Zhang, Juan Huang, Sai Mao, Xumin Ou, Qun Gao, Di Sun, Bin Tian, An-Chun Cheng, Shun Chen
Attenuation of Avian Flavivirus by Rewiring the Leucine and Serine Codons of Its E-NS1 Protein toward Stop Mutation To Redirect Virus Evolution. Microbiology spectrum 11 (1) (2023)
Gabriela Miranda Ayusso, Maria Leticia Duarte Lima, Paulo Ricardo da Silva Sanches, Igor Andrade Santos, Daniel Oliveira Silva Martins, Pâmela Jóyce Previdelli da Conceição, Tamara Carvalho, Vivaldo Gomes da Costa, Cíntia Bittar, Andres Merits, Norival Alves Santos-Filho, Eduardo Maffud Cilli, Ana Carolina Gomes Jardim, Marilia de Freitas Calmon, Paula Rahal
The Dimeric Peptide (KKYRYHLKPF) 2 K Shows Broad-Spectrum Antiviral Activity by Inhibiting Different Steps of Chikungunya and Zika Virus Infection. Viruses 15 (5) (2023)
Jiaqi Guo, Yu He, Xiaoli Wang, Andres Merits, Mingshu Wang, Renyong Jia, Dekang Zhu, Qinyuan Chen, Xinxin Zhao, Qiao Yang, Ying Wu, Shaqiu Zhang, Juan Huang, Sai Mao, Xumin Ou, Qun Gao, Di Sun, Bin Tian, An-Chun Cheng, Shun Chen
Attenuation of Avian Flavivirus by Rewiring the Leucine and Serine Codons of Its E-NS1 Protein toward Stop Mutation To Redirect Virus Evolution. Microbiology spectrum 11 (1) (2023)
Jiaqi Guo, Yu He, Xiaoli Wang, Andres Merits, Mingshu Wang, Renyong Jia, Dekang Zhu, Qinyuan Chen, Xinxin Zhao, Qiao Yang, Ying Wu, Shaqiu Zhang, Juan Huang, Sai Mao, Xumin Ou, Qun Gao, Di Sun, Bin Tian, An-Chun Cheng, Shun Chen
Attenuation of Avian Flavivirus by Rewiring the Leucine and Serine Codons of Its E-NS1 Protein toward Stop Mutation To Redirect Virus Evolution. Microbiology spectrum 11 (1) (2023)
Anna-Liisa Kubo, Kai Rausalu, Natalja Savest, Eva Žusinaite, Grigory Vasiliev, Mihkel Viirsalu, Tiia Plamus, Andres Krumme, Andres Merits, Olesja M Bondarenko
Antibacterial and Antiviral Effects of Ag, Cu and Zn Metals, Respective Nanoparticles and Filter Materials Thereof against Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A Virus. Pharmaceutics 14 (12) (2022)
Laura Sandra Lello, Agneta Miilimäe, Liubov Cherkashchenko, Ailar Omler, Rachel Skilton, Rachel Ireland, David Ulaeto, Andres Merits
Activity, Template Preference, and Compatibility of Components of RNA Replicase of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus. Journal of virology (2022)
Anna-Liisa Kubo, Kai Rausalu, Natalja Savest, Eva Žusinaite, Grigory Vasiliev, Mihkel Viirsalu, Tiia Plamus, Andres Krumme, Andres Merits, Olesja M Bondarenko
Antibacterial and Antiviral Effects of Ag, Cu and Zn Metals, Respective Nanoparticles and Filter Materials Thereof against Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A Virus. Pharmaceutics 14 (12) (2022)
Yaw Bia Tan, Laura Sandra Lello, Xin Liu, Yee-Song Law, Congbao Kang, Julien Lescar, Jie Zheng, Andres Merits, Dahai Luo
Crystal structures of alphavirus nonstructural protein 4 (nsP4) reveal an intrinsically dynamic RNA-dependent RNA polymerase fold. Nucleic acids research 50 (2) (2022)
Sainan Wang, Andres Merits
G3BP/Rin-Binding Motifs Inserted into Flexible Regions of nsP2 Support RNA Replication of Chikungunya Virus. Journal of virology 96 (21) (2022)
Anna-Liisa Kubo, Kai Rausalu, Natalja Savest, Eva Žusinaite, Grigory Vasiliev, Mihkel Viirsalu, Tiia Plamus, Andres Krumme, Andres Merits, Olesja M Bondarenko
Antibacterial and Antiviral Effects of Ag, Cu and Zn Metals, Respective Nanoparticles and Filter Materials Thereof against Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A Virus. Pharmaceutics 14 (12) (2022)
Anna-Liisa Kubo, Kai Rausalu, Natalja Savest, Eva Žusinaite, Grigory Vasiliev, Mihkel Viirsalu, Tiia Plamus, Andres Krumme, Andres Merits, Olesja M Bondarenko
Antibacterial and Antiviral Effects of Ag, Cu and Zn Metals, Respective Nanoparticles and Filter Materials Thereof against Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A Virus. Pharmaceutics 14 (12) (2022)
Laura Sandra Lello, Agneta Miilimäe, Liubov Cherkashchenko, Ailar Omler, Rachel Skilton, Rachel Ireland, David Ulaeto, Andres Merits
Activity, Template Preference, and Compatibility of Components of RNA Replicase of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus. Journal of virology 97 (1) (2022)
Laura Sandra Lello, Agneta Miilimäe, Liubov Cherkashchenko, Ailar Omler, Rachel Skilton, Rachel Ireland, David Ulaeto, Andres Merits
Activity, Template Preference, and Compatibility of Components of RNA Replicase of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus. Journal of virology 97 (1) (2022)
Liubov Cherkashchenko, Kai Rausalu, Sanjay Basu, Luke S Alphey, Andres Merits
Expression of Alphavirus Nonstructural Protein 2 (nsP2) in Mosquito Cells Inhibits Viral RNA Replication in Both a Protease Activity-Dependent and -Independent Manner. Viruses 14 (6) (2022)
Laura Sandra Lello, Agneta Miilimäe, Liubov Cherkashchenko, Ailar Omler, Rachel Skilton, Rachel Ireland, David Ulaeto, Andres Merits
Activity, Template Preference, and Compatibility of Components of RNA Replicase of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus. Journal of virology 97 (1) (2022)
Laura Sandra Lello, Agneta Miilimäe, Liubov Cherkashchenko, Ailar Omler, Rachel Skilton, Rachel Ireland, David Ulaeto, Andres Merits
Activity, Template Preference, and Compatibility of Components of RNA Replicase of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus. Journal of virology 97 (1) (2022)
Laura Sandra Lello, Agneta Miilimäe, Liubov Cherkashchenko, Ailar Omler, Rachel Skilton, Rachel Ireland, David Ulaeto, Andres Merits
Activity, Template Preference, and Compatibility of Components of RNA Replicase of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus. Journal of virology 97 (1) (2022)
Mona Teppor, Eva Žusinaite, Liis Karo-Astover, Ailar Omler, Kai Rausalu, Valeria Lulla, Aleksei Lulla, Andres Merits
Semliki Forest Virus Chimeras with Functional Replicase Modules from Related Alphaviruses Survive by Adaptive Mutations in Functionally Important Hot Spots. Journal of virology 95 (20) (2021)
Mona Teppor, Eva Žusinaite, Andres Merits
Phosphorylation Sites in the Hypervariable Domain in Chikungunya Virus nsP3 Are Crucial for Viral Replication. Journal of virology 95 (9) (2021)
Yee-Song Law, Sainan Wang, Yaw Bia Tan, Orion Shih, Age Utt, Wei Yang Goh, Bing-Jun Lian, Ming Wei Chen, U-Ser Jeng, Andres Merits, Dahai Luo
Interdomain Flexibility of Chikungunya Virus nsP2 Helicase-Protease Differentially Influences Viral RNA Replication and Infectivity. Journal of virology 95 (6) (2021)
Laura Sandra Lello, Koen Bartholomeeusen, Sainan Wang, Sandra Coppens, Rennos Fragkoudis, Luke Alphey, Kevin K Ariën, Andres Merits, Age Utt
nsP4 Is a Major Determinant of Alphavirus Replicase Activity and Template Selectivity. Journal of virology 95 (20) (2021)
William Bakhache, Aymeric Neyret, Eric Bernard, Andres Merits, Laurence Briant
Palmitoylated Cysteines in Chikungunya Virus nsP1 Are Critical for Targeting to Cholesterol-Rich Plasma Membrane Microdomains with Functional Consequences for Viral Genome Replication. Journal of virology 94 (10) (2020)
Laura Sandra Lello, Age Utt, Koen Bartholomeeusen, Sainan Wang, Kai Rausalu, Catherine Kendall, Sandra Coppens, Rennos Fragkoudis, Andrew Tuplin, Luke S Alphey, Kevin K Ariën, Andres Merits
Cross-utilisation of template RNAs by alphavirus replicases. PLoS pathogens 16 (9) (2020)
Tao Wang, Andres Merits, Yuanyuan Wu, Mingshu Wang, Renyong Jia, Dekang Zhu, Mafeng Liu, Xinxin Zhao, Qiao Yang, Ying Wu, Shaqiu Zhang, Yunya Liu, Ling Zhang, Yanling Yu, Leichang Pan, Shun Chen, An-Chun Cheng
cis-Acting Sequences and Secondary Structures in Untranslated Regions of Duck Tembusu Virus RNA Are Important for Cap-Independent Translation and Viral Proliferation. Journal of virology 94 (16) (2020)
Zhen Wu, Yuanyuan Wu, Wei Zhang, Andres Merits, Peter Simmonds, Mingshu Wang, Renyong Jia, Dekang Zhu, Mafeng Liu, Xinxin Zhao, Qiao Yang, Ying Wu, ShaQiu Zhang, Juan Huang, Xumin Ou, Sai Mao, YunYa Liu, Ling Zhang, YanLing Yu, Bin Tian, Leichang Pan, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Shun Chen, An-Chun Cheng
The First Nonmammalian Pegivirus Demonstrates Efficient In Vitro Replication and High Lymphotropism. Journal of virology 94 (20) (2020)
Xiang Liu, Margit Mutso, Liubov Cherkashchenko, Eva Zusinaite, Lara J Herrero, Stephen L Doggett, John Haniotis, Andres Merits, Belinda L Herring, Adam Taylor, Suresh Mahalingam
Identification of Natural Molecular Determinants of Ross River Virus Type I Interferon Modulation. Journal of virology 94 (8) (2020)
Benjamin Götte, Age Utt, Rennos Fragkoudis, Andres Merits, Gerald M McInerney
Sensitivity of Alphaviruses to G3BP Deletion Correlates with Efficiency of Replicase Polyprotein Processing. Journal of virology 94 (7) (2020)
Roy Matkovic, Eric Bernard, Simon Fontanel, Patrick Eldin, Nathalie Chazal, Deka Hassan Hersi, Andres Merits, Jean-Marie Péloponèse, Laurence Briant
The Host DHX9 DExH-Box Helicase Is Recruited to Chikungunya Virus Replication Complexes for Optimal Genomic RNA Translation. Journal of virology 93 (4) (2019)
Age Utt, Kai Rausalu, Madis Jakobson, Andres Männik, Luke Alphey, Rennos Fragkoudis, Andres Merits
Design and Use of Chikungunya Virus Replication Templates Utilizing Mammalian and Mosquito RNA Polymerase I-Mediated Transcription. Journal of virology 93 (18) (2019)
Valeria Lulla, Liis Karo-Astover, Kai Rausalu, Sirle Saul, Andres Merits, Aleksei Lulla
Timeliness of Proteolytic Events Is Prerequisite for Efficient Functioning of the Alphaviral Replicase. Journal of virology 92 (14) (2018)
Xiang Liu, Margit Mutso, Age Utt, Anni Lepland, Lara J Herrero, Adam Taylor, Jayaram Bettadapura, Penny A Rudd, Andres Merits, Suresh Mahalingam
Decreased Virulence of Ross River Virus Harboring a Mutation in the First Cleavage Site of Nonstructural Polyprotein Is Caused by a Novel Mechanism Leading to Increased Production of Interferon-Inducing RNAs. mBio 9 (4) (2018)
Koen Bartholomeeusen, Age Utt, Sandra Coppens, Kai Rausalu, Katleen Vereecken, Kevin K Ariën, Andres Merits
A Chikungunya Virus trans-Replicase System Reveals the Importance of Delayed Nonstructural Polyprotein Processing for Efficient Replication Complex Formation in Mosquito Cells. Journal of virology 92 (14) (2018)
Roland Remenyi, Yanni Gao, Ruth E Hughes, Alistair P Curd, Carsten Zothner, Michelle Peckham, Andres Merits, Mark Harris
Persistent Replication of a Chikungunya Virus Replicon in Human Cells Is Associated with Presence of Stable Cytoplasmic Granules Containing Nonstructural Protein 3. Journal of virology 92 (16) (2018)

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