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Recombinant glycoprotein (GP) production may contribute to finding a cure for Ebola virus disease, which is the key candidate protein for vaccine preparation. To explore GP1,2 expression in BmN cells, EBOV-GP1,2 with its native signal peptide or the GP64 signal peptide was cloned and transferred into a normal or gp64 null Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) bacmid via transposition. The infectivity of the recombinant bacmids was investigated after transfection, expression and localization of EBOV-GP were investigated, and cell morphological changes were analyzed by TEM. The GP64 signal peptide, but not the GP1,2 native signal peptide, caused GP1,2 localization to the cell membrane, and the differentially localized GP1,2 proteins were cleaved into GP1 and GP2 fragments in BmN cells. GP1,2 expression resulted in dramatic morphological changes in BmN cells in the early stage of infection. However, GP1,2 expression did not rescue GP64 deficiency in BmNPV infection. 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