Rhabdovirus
General
Rhabdoviruses are widespread in a wide variety of organisms. This viral family includes many human pathogens, such as rabies virus, which causes 50,000 deaths per year worldwide and Chandipura virus, which is reponsible for fatal encephalitis epidemics in India. In addition, the vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), the prototype of the family, has oncolytic properties and its glycoprotein is used to pseudotyping retroviral vectors. Understanding the cycle of rhabdoviruses and their interactions with the host therefore has implications for human and animal health.
Molecular organization of rhabdoviruses
Rhabdoviruses are enveloped viruses with a genome made up of single-stranded RNA with negative polarity. This genome codes for five proteins found in all viruses of the family. The nucleoprotein (N) is tightly associated with the genome around which it forms a sleeve. The replication complex consists of the RNA polymerase (L) and its cofactor, the phosphoprotein (P). These three proteins form the viral nucleocapsid that adopts a compact helical structure within the virion. The matrix protein (M) bridges the nucleocapsid to the viral membrane in which the glycoprotein G is anchored.
Topics
Here are the four main themes we are currently working on.
team
Yves GAUDIN
Group Leader
Research Director
Ahmet CIVAS
Researcher
Cécile LAGAUDRIERE-GESBERT
Associate professor
Aurélie ALBERTINI
Researcher
Damien GLON
Post-Doctoral researcher
Stéphanie THEBAULT
Post-Doctoral researcher
Nathalie SCRIMA
Engineer
Isoline DUQUENOIS
PhD student
Malika OULD ALI
Engineer
Marie MINOVES
PhD student
Benjamin LEONARDON
Engineer
Sarah JOHARI
Engineer
Ariane GUILLEMOT
PhD student
Maxime BIERRE
M2 student
Former members and Alumni
Julien Sourimant
Quentin Nevers
Laura Belot
Danielle Blondel
Zoé Lama
Christine Maheu
Jovan Nikolic
Hélène Raux
Latest publications
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External funding
BPI
Projet Etincell
