Welcome to Home page of EbolaVCR



Ebola Virus Computational Resources (EbolaVCR) is the in silico resources developed to facilitate scientific community fighting against deadly virus EBOLA. This server enlists possible vaccine candidates, therapeutic siRNAs and other related resources.
Reference: Dhanda et. al. (2016) A web-based resource for designing therapeutics against Ebola Virus. Sci Rep. 6:24782.

Distribution of Potential siRNA Suppressors

This page provides list of potential siRNA that may suppress mRNA sequence of Ebola, predicted using software desiRm. Tables include Exclusive Ebola 19mers which are absent in Human coding regions and also most effective siRNAs as per predicted by desiRm software.
Gene (variants)GeneNumber of siRNA suppressors in different species
SUDVRESTVEBOVTAFVBDBV
NP436523480541487
VP35226232183218224
VP40205239151206235
GP (Spike)366392385416388
GP (Small Secreted)173194209230195
GP (Second Secreted)--145184157
VP30232234226217237
VP24195164198194163
L18591995202119011869


Detailed description is in expandable tables as follows for 5 species.

SPECIES 1 - NC_006432.1 - Sudan (SUDV) -

GeneLengthExclAbove 0.8
NP22171282436
VP35990560226
VP40981554205
GP (Spike)20311072366
GP (Small secreted)1119510173
VP30867544232
VP24756492195
L663346541859

SPECIES 2 - NC_004161.1 - Reston (RESTV) +

SPECIES 3 - NC_002549.1 - Zaire (EBOV) +

SPECIES 4 - NC_014372.1 - Tai Forest (TAFV) +

SPECIES 5 NC_014373.1 Bundibugyo (BDBV)+