Following viral infection with either a recombinant NiV (rNiV) or rNiV deficient for the CTD of the W protein (rNiV-W∆CTD)36, the viral proteins N and P were expressed at similar levels for both viruses (Fig. 1d and Supplementary Fig. 1b), consistently with the findings of a previous report37. Here, SKIC2 is linked to viral infectious disease.