Published in The Journal of Chemical Physics · View the paper (DOI)
The study reveals structural features of the Ebola nucleocapsid, a promising therapeutic target for destabilizing the virus and knocking it out with antivirals. The researchers used supercomputers to simulate the inner workings of Ebola, observing the way molecules move to carry out their functions.
Coverage from 3 institutions
- Targeting the shell of the Ebola virus University of Delaware · Oct 20, 2020 · first to report
- Computational study reveals how Ebola nucleocapsid stabilizes American Institute of Physics · Oct 20, 2020
- Targeting the deadly coils of Ebola University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center · Dec 21, 2020