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ArticleJournal of virological methods2018

Production of Ebola virus-like particles in Drosophila melanogaster Schneider 2 cells.

Eun-Mee Park, Sun-Whan Park, Ye-Ji Lee, Won-Ja Lee, Wooyoung Choi

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Article in Journal of virological methods, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eun-Mee ParkDivision of Arboviruses, Center for Immunology and Pathology, National Institute of Health, Korea Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea.
Sun-Whan ParkDivision of Arboviruses, Center for Immunology and Pathology, National Institute of Health, Korea Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea.
Ye-Ji LeeDivision of Arboviruses, Center for Immunology and Pathology, National Institute of Health, Korea Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea.
Won-Ja LeeDivision of Arboviruses, Center for Immunology and Pathology, National Institute of Health, Korea Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea.
Wooyoung ChoiDivision of Arboviruses, Center for Immunology and Pathology, National Institute of Health, Korea Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: wychoi65@korea.kr.
Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we generated recombinant virus-like particles (VLPs) against family Filoviridae, genus Ebolavirus, species Zaire ebolavirus, strain Makona (EBOV) in Drosophila melanogaster Schneider 2 (S2) cells using the EBOV Makona. S2 cells were cotransfected with four viral plasmids encoding EBOV Makona proteins and protein expression was analyzed by immunoblotting. We confirmed that EBOV Makona proteins were successfully expressed in S2 cells. Additionally, we further examined the formation of intracellular and extracellular VLPs by electron microscopy. eVLPs were produced by sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation of S2 cells transfected with EBOV Makona genes, and production of VLPs was confirmed by immunoblot analysis. Collectively, our findings showed that the S2 cell system could be a promising tool for efficient production of eVLPs.

Indexed as

Recombination, GeneticAnimalsCell LineCentrifugation, Density GradientDrosophila melanogasterEbolavirusGene ExpressionImmunoblottingMicroscopy, ElectronTransfectionViral ProteinsVirosomesViral ProteinsVirosomesDrosophila S2 cellsMakonaVirus-like particlesZaire ebolavirus

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PMID30145180
PMCPMC7113664
OpenAlexW2888304743

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