Marburg virus VP40 protein (mVP40) forms projections from the plasma membrane of HEK293T cells and buds from the cells as virus-like particles (VLPs). Ectopic expression of the Hippo signaling pathway protein YAP1 results in co-localization of mVP40 with YAP1 in the cytoplasm, reducing the number of mVP40 projections at the plasma membrane and subsequent VLP budding. In this confocal image YFP-mVP40 is green and CFP-YAP1 is red, with co-localization appearing as yellow. Han et al.
Image Credit: G Ruthel, Z Han, and the Penn Vet Imaging Core at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. (2020)
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