Article
Changes associated with Ebola virus adaptation to novel species.
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) - 1 Jul 2017
Pappalardo Morena, Reddin Ian G, Cantoni Diego, Rossman Jeremy S, Michaelis Martin, Wass Mark N
Abstract excerpt
MOTIVATION: Ebola viruses are not pathogenic but can be adapted to replicate and cause disease in rodents. Here, we used a structural bioinformatics approach to analyze the mutations associated with Ebola virus adaptation to rodents to elucidate the determinants of host-specific Ebola virus pathogenicity. RESULTS: We identified 33 different mutations associated with Ebola virus adaptation to rodents in the...
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