Ebola nucleocapsid simulations (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center

Ebola nucleocapsid simulations

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The deadly Ebola virus shields its RNA genetic material in coils of proteins called nucleocapsids (above). The lab of Juan Perilla at the University of Delaware completed all-atom simulations of the nucleocapsid with (R) and without (L) RNA, showing that the RNA confers stability vs. disorder without.

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Juan R. Perilla, University of Delaware.

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