Ebola structure?
g1687jkarh at umbsky.cc.umb.edu
g1687jkarh at umbsky.cc.umb.edu
Tue May 16 09:43:26 EST 1995
In Article <3p81pn$mo7 at newsbf02.news.aol.com>
hbv700 at aol.com (HBV700) writes:
>Ebola and Marburg are single-stranded, enveloped RNA viruses, negative
>polarity, encoding a monocistronic polyadenylated mRNA. It encodes 7
>proteins; a nucleoprotein, a glycoprotein, a polymerase and 4 undesignated
>proteins. No known toxins are produced. Death is due in part to DIC and
>focal necrosis of the liver, ovaries, testicles and kidneys. Lesions
>appear to involve vascular endothelium. See C.J. Peters in Emerging
>Viruses, Oxford Press, 93.
Is there a collagenase in there somewhere? What about a protease? is
there a single protein which is cleaved? by a viral or host protease?
Just curious?
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