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Study shows ssRNA encapsidation results in stabilization of the Ebola virus nucleocapsid – News-Medical.net
The Ebola virus causes a serious infection with a mortality rate between 50% and 90%. Nucleoproteins in the virus assemble into a helical arrangement and encapsulate…
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 21 2020
The Ebola virus causes a serious infection with a mortality rate between 50% and 90%. Nucleoproteins in the virus assemble into a helical arrangement and encapsulate a single stranded RNA genome, ssRNA, to form a rodlike complex known as a nucleocapsid, which is critical to the function of the virus. Rodlike nucleocapsids are also found in other viruses, like SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19.
In The Journal of Chemical Physics, by AIP Publishing, scientists…
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