Orsay virus is the only known natural virus pathogen of
Caenorhabditis elegans
, which shares many evolutionarily conserved pathways with humans. We leveraged the powerful genetic tractability of
C. elegans
to characterize a novel interaction between zinc, lipids, and virus infection.
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