Ebola virus VP30 and nucleoprotein interactions modulate viral RNA synthesis

Ebola virus (EBOV) VP30 is a multifunctional protein that plays a role in transcription, but molecular details remain unknown. Here, using X-ray crystallography and minigenome assays, Xuet al. define the interaction between VP30 and a portion of NP that is critical for optimal EBOV RNA synthesis.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wei Xu, Priya Luthra, Chao Wu, Jyoti Batra, Daisy W. Leung, Christopher F. Basler, Gaya K. Amarasinghe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15576