09-03-2014, 07:21 AM
According to Wiki we're unsure who the unaffected host is. But it's supposedly the fruit bat. So an ebola outbreak begins everytime somebody comes in contact with fruit bat fluids.
It also says they've found a molecule that inhibits this and several other viruses. I assume it inhibits an enzyme the viruses have in common.
Viruses work by entering a cell and converting to DNA if it's an RNA virus and then transfera to the cell nucleus where it is integrated into the cell's DNA and then transkripted back into RNA, which leaves the nnucleus to be translated to proteins forming new viruses including their capsids, enzymes and DNA or RNA. So that molecule probably inhibits one of those enzymes. And now I'm late... Thanks Bowyn!
It also says they've found a molecule that inhibits this and several other viruses. I assume it inhibits an enzyme the viruses have in common.
Viruses work by entering a cell and converting to DNA if it's an RNA virus and then transfera to the cell nucleus where it is integrated into the cell's DNA and then transkripted back into RNA, which leaves the nnucleus to be translated to proteins forming new viruses including their capsids, enzymes and DNA or RNA. So that molecule probably inhibits one of those enzymes. And now I'm late... Thanks Bowyn!