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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Ng M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4709267 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
eLife 20151223
Biological factors that influence the host range and spillover of Ebola virus (EBOV) and other filoviruses remain enigmatic. While filoviruses infect diverse mammalian cell lines, we report that cells from African straw-colored fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) are refractory to EBOV infection. This could be explained by a single amino acid change in the filovirus receptor, NPC1, which greatly reduces the affinity of EBOV-NPC1 interaction. We found signatures of positive selection in bat NPC1 concentr ...[more]