| Literature DB >> 21479719 |
Elizabeth Brazeau1, Mary Wellish, Benedict B Kaufer, B Karsten Tischer, Wayne Gray, Fuchun Zhou, Nikolaus Osterrieder, Teri Hanlon, Anjani Golive, Travis Hall, Sreekala Nair, Gregory P Owens, Niklaus H Mueller, Randall J Cohrs, Subbiah Pugazhenthi, Don Gilden, Ravi Mahalingam.
Abstract
Simian varicella virus (SVV) open reading frame (ORF) 63, duplicated in the virus genome as ORF 70, is homologous to varicella zoster virus ORF 63/70. Transfection of bacterial artificial chromosome clones containing the wild-type SVV genome and mutants with stop codons in ORF 70, in both ORFs 63 and 70 and the repaired virus DNA sequences into Vero cells produced a cytopathic effect (CPE). The onset of CPE was much slower with the double-mutant transfectants (10 days vs. 3 days) and plaques were smaller. While SVV ORF 63 is not required for replication in culture, its expression leads to robust virus replication.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21479719 PMCID: PMC3204661 DOI: 10.1007/s13365-011-0025-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurovirol ISSN: 1355-0284 Impact factor: 2.643