Publications by authors named "Valentina Toro Ramirez"
Article Synopsis
- The Ebola virus (EBOV) is a dangerous pathogen that causes severe hemorrhagic fever, with its assembly regulated by a protein called VP40.
- VP40 can create virus-like particles that resemble actual EBOV, making it useful for studies, despite the challenges of researching EBOV in high-security labs.
- Research combining computational methods and experiments identified critical amino acids in VP40 that are essential for its stability and function, which could lead to new therapeutic strategies against Ebola.
