Utility of primary cells to examine NPC1 receptor expression in Mops condylurus, a potential Ebola virus reservoir.

• Egile Nagusiak: Marcel Bokelmann (Egilea), Kathryn Edenborough (Egilea), Nicole Hetzelt (Egilea), Petra Kreher (Egilea), Angelika Lander (Egilea), Andreas Nitsche (Egilea), Uwe Vogel (Egilea), Heinz Feldmann (Egilea), Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann (Egilea), Andreas Kurth (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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The significance of the integral membrane protein Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1) in the ebolavirus entry process has been determined using various cell lines derived from humans, non-human primates and fruit bats. Fruit bats have long been purported as the potential reservoir host for ebolaviruses, however...