Article
Inhibition of pseudorabies virus replication by a dominant-negative mutant of early protein 0 expressed in a tetracycline-regulated system.
Veterinary microbiology - 12 Feb 2001
Tasaki T, Taharaguchi S, Kobayashi T, Yoshino S, Ono E
Abstract excerpt
Pseudorabies virus (PRV) early protein 0 (EP0) consisting of 410 amino acids is a transactivator of viral genes. A mutant consisting of amino acids 1-113 exhibits dominant-negative properties. In order to assess the antiviral potential of the EP0 mutant, Vero cells were transformed with the EP0 mutant gene expressed in a tetracycline-regulated system. The transformed cell lines showed marked resistance to PRV...
Topics
- Animals
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
- Herpesvirus 1, Suid
- Immediate-Early Proteins
- Mutation
- Plasmids
- RNA, Messenger
- Tetracycline
- Transfection
- Vero Cells
- Viral Proteins
- Virus Replication
