Components and Architecture of the Rhabdovirus Ribonucleoprotein Complex

Abstract

Rhabdoviruses, as single-stranded, negative-sense RNA viruses within the order Mononegavirales, are characterised by bullet-shaped or bacteroid particles that contain a helical ribonucleoprotein complex (RNP). Here, we review the components of the RNP and its higher-order structural assembly.

Keywords

• rhabdoviruses
• ribonucleoprotein structure
• rabies virus
• vesicular stomatitis virus
• lagos bat virus
• lyssavirus