ASSOCIATION OF SOLUBLE MATRIX PROTEIN OF NEWCASTLE-DISEASE VIRUS WITH LIPOSOMES IS INDEPENDENT OF IONIC CONDITIONS
ASSOCIATION OF SOLUBLE MATRIX PROTEIN OF NEWCASTLE-DISEASE VIRUS WITH LIPOSOMES IS INDEPENDENT OF IONIC CONDITIONS
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DOI:
10.1016/0042-6822(88)90153-5
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发表时间:
1988-09-01
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
PEEPLES, ME
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作者:
FAABERG, KS;PEEPLES, ME
An immunoaffinity method was designed for purification of a soluble form of the matrix (M) protein of Newcastle disease virus. The resulting M protein sedimented in a sucrose gradient as a small complex. This purified M protein associated with liposomes containing a net neutral, negative, or positive charge. The liposomes were composed of phosphatidylcholine, cholesterol, and a third lipid which provided the charge. The M protein-liposome associations were not prevented by high salt conditions. These observations are consistent with a nonelectrostatic association between the M protein and liposomes. Monoclonal antibodies to three separate epitopes of the M protein were all able to bind M protein complexed with liposomes, suggesting that the three M protein epitopes are not directly involved in the interaction between the M protein and liposomes. The M protein was also able to associate with liposomes lacking cholesterol implying that cholesterol does not play a substantial role in the M protein-liposome interaction.