In silico screening of sugar alcohol compounds to inhibit viral matrix protein VP40 of Ebola virus

• Main Authors: Nagarajan, Nagasundaram, Yapp, Edward Kien Yee, Le, Nguyen Quoc Khanh, Yeh, Hui-Yuan
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Social sciences::General; Science::Chemistry; Ebola; Receptor Viral Matrix Protein
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151582
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Ebola virus is a virulent pathogen that causes highly lethal hemorrhagic fever in human and non-human species. The rapid growth of this virus infection has made the scenario increasingly complicated to control the disease. Receptor viral matrix protein (VP40) is highly responsible for the replicatio...