Natural and unnatural peptides team up to target Ebola

By Adrian Robinson2018-01-16T09:09:00

Non-natural amino acid peptide microarrays to discover Ebola virus glycoprotein ligands

Source: Dr Chris W Diehnelt

New method to hunt down protease-stabilised peptide inhibitors of large proteins

Researchers in the US have identified natural and unnatural peptides that bind Ebola virus glycoproteins using a new simple microarray. The positive peptide hits could form the basis of new Ebola therapies.