Filoviruses: ecology, molecular biology, and evolution

J Emanuel, A Marzi, H Feldmann - Advances in virus research, 2018 - Elsevier
The Filoviridae are a family of negative-strand RNA viruses that include several important
human pathogens. Ebola virus (EBOV) and Marburg virus are well-known filoviruses which …

New perspectives on the biogenesis of viral inclusion bodies in negative-sense RNA virus infections

O Dolnik, GK Gerresheim, N Biedenkopf - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Infections by negative strand RNA viruses (NSVs) induce the formation of viral inclusion
bodies (IBs) in the host cell that segregate viral as well as cellular proteins to enable efficient …

Structural dissection of Ebola virus and its assembly determinants using cryo-electron tomography

TAM Bharat, T Noda, JD Riches… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Ebola virus is a highly pathogenic filovirus causing severe hemorrhagic fever with high
mortality rates. It assembles heterogenous, filamentous, enveloped virus particles containing …

Designing a novel multi‑epitope vaccine against Ebola virus using reverse vaccinology approach

M Alizadeh, H Amini-Khoei, S Tahmasebian… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Ebola virus (EBOV) is a dangerous zoonotic infectious disease. To date, more than 25 EBOV
outbreaks have been documented, the majority of which have occurred in Central Africa …

A novel life cycle modeling system for Ebola virus shows a genome length-dependent role of VP24 in virus infectivity

A Watt, F Moukambi, L Banadyga, A Groseth… - Journal of …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Work with infectious Ebola viruses is restricted to biosafety level 4 (BSL4) laboratories,
presenting a significant barrier for studying these viruses. Life cycle modeling systems …

The spatio-temporal distribution dynamics of Ebola virus proteins and RNA in infected cells

A Nanbo, S Watanabe, P Halfmann, Y Kawaoka - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Here, we used a biologically contained Ebola virus system to characterize the spatio-
temporal distribution of Ebola virus proteins and RNA during virus replication. We found that …

The Marburg virus VP24 protein interacts with Keap1 to activate the cytoprotective antioxidant response pathway

MR Edwards, B Johnson, CE Mire, W Xu, RS Shabman… - Cell reports, 2014 - cell.com
Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keap1) is a ubiquitin E3 ligase specificity factor that
targets transcription factor nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 (Nrf2) for ubiquitination …

Elucidation of the Ebola virus VP24 cellular interactome and disruption of virus biology through targeted inhibition of host-cell protein function

I García-Dorival, W Wu, S Dowall… - Journal of proteome …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Viral pathogenesis in the infected cell is a balance between antiviral responses and
subversion of host-cell processes. Many viral proteins specifically interact with host-cell …

Assembly and transport of filovirus nucleocapsids

O Dolnik, S Becker - PLoS Pathogens, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Filovirus-infected cells are characterized by typical cytoplasmic inclusion bodies (IBs)
located in the perinuclear region. The formation of these IBs is induced mainly by the …

Ebola virus VP24 interacts with NP to facilitate nucleocapsid assembly and genome packaging

L Banadyga, T Hoenen, X Ambroggio, E Dunham… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Ebola virus causes devastating hemorrhagic fever outbreaks for which no approved
therapeutic exists. The viral nucleocapsid, which is minimally composed of the proteins NP …