Stopping Viral Budding (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania

Stopping Viral Budding

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This is a confocal image of a live mammalian cell expressing a GFP-Ebola VP40 fusion protein (green). Strong fluorescence at the periphery, or cell surface, and the filamentous projections are indicative of budding virus-like particles from the cell surface.

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PennVet Imaging Core (PVIC), directed by Bruce Freedman and managed by Gordon Ruthel

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