A paramyxovirus-like model for Ebola virus bipartite promoters.

Paramyxo- and filovirus nucleocapsids (NCs) have bipartite promoters at their 3' ends to initiate RNA synthesis. The 2 elements, promoter element 1 (PE1) and promoter element 2 (PE2), are separated by a spacer region that must be exactly a multiple of 6 nucleotides (nt) long. Paramyxovirus NCs...

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Main Authors: Irina Gutsche, Philippe le Mercier, Daniel Kolakofsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-11-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1008972&type=printable