Tags: Protein.
In molecular biology this entry is about a Viral matrix Protein named VP40. Most commonly it is found in the Ebola virus (EBOV). This virus is a type of non-segmented negative-strand RNA virus. They cause severe haemorrhagic fever in humans with high rates of mortality therefore they are lethal. The virus matrix protein VP40 is a major structural protein that plays a central role in virus assembly and budding at the plasma membrane of infected cells.
