| Literature DB >> 23678177 |
Xiangzhi Meng1, Xiang Wu, Bo Yan, Junpeng Deng, Yan Xiang.
Abstract
Essential vaccinia virus genes are often studied with conditional-lethal inducible mutants. Here, we constructed a deletion mutant lacking the essential H7R gene (the ΔH7 mutant) with an H7-expressing cell line. Compared to an inducible H7 mutant, the ΔH7 mutant showed a defect at an earlier step of virion membrane biogenesis, before the development of short crescent-shaped precursors of the viral envelope. Our studies refine the role of H7 in virion membrane biogenesis and highlight the values of analyzing deletion mutants.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23678177 PMCID: PMC3700178 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00845-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103