Analysis of mutations in the envelope gene of Moloney murine leukemia virus: separation of infectivity from superinfection resistance.
Analysis of mutations in the envelope gene of Moloney murine leukemia virus: separation of infectivity from superinfection resistance.
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莫洛尼鼠白血病病毒包膜基因突变分析:感染性与重复感染抗性的分离。
DOI:
10.1016/0042-6822(91)90983-i
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发表时间:
1991
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Goff,SP
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作者:
Granowitz,C;Colicelli,J;Goff,SP
Six deletion mutations and an insertion were generated in theenvgene of cloned copies of Moloney murine leukemia virus DNA. All seven mutants were replication-defective as tested by transformation of NIH/3T3 cells. The mutant DNAs were introduced into NIH/3T3 cells to generate stable producer lines; all released virion particles into the medium, suggesting that none of the mutations affected overall viral gene expression,gagandpolgene functions, or virion budding. Several of the mutations reduced the lifetime of theenvprotein or blocked its export to the cell surface. One mutation altering the membrane-spanning region and the cytoplasmic tail of the TM protein had no effect on export of the protein, proteolytic processing, or incorporation into virion particles, but still blocked the infectivity of the resulting virus. The results suggest that alterations in the transmembrane region can affect early steps of infection, such as the fusion of virion and host membranes. Cells expressing this mutantenvprotein were fully resistant to superinfection by wild-type virus. Thus, induction of virus resistance, presumably reflecting blocking the virus receptor, can be separated from virus infectivity.