Abstract
The gene for the influenza viral PB2 protein, which recognizes and binds the 5'-terminal cap 1 structures (m7GpppNm) on eukaryotic mRNAs, was inserted into a bovine papilloma virus vector under the control of a mouse metallothionein I (MT-I) promoter. After transfection of this vector into mouse NIH 3T3 cells, a cell line, cPB2, was obtained that produces PB2-specific mRNA and authentic PB2 protein. Induction of the MT-I promoter with CdCl2 causes about a 10-fold increase in PB2 mRNA and protein levels. The expressed PB2 protein is functional, as it relieves the block in viral mRNA synthesis exhibited by a temperature-sensitive viral mutant containing a cap-binding defect in the PB2 protein. This demonstrates complementation of a function of a negative-strand RNA virus by a gene product expressed in a cell line from recombinant DNA.
Dates
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Created | 19 years, 3 months ago (May 31, 2006, 3:43 a.m.) |
Deposited | 3 years, 4 months ago (April 13, 2022, 11:52 a.m.) |
Indexed | 1 year, 10 months ago (Oct. 16, 2023, 7:56 p.m.) |
Issued | 40 years, 2 months ago (July 1, 1985) |
Published | 40 years, 2 months ago (July 1, 1985) |
Published Online | 40 years, 2 months ago (July 1, 1985) |
Published Print | 40 years, 2 months ago (July 1, 1985) |
@article{Braam_Markson_1985, title={Expression of a functional influenza viral cap-recognizing protein by using a bovine papilloma virus vector.}, volume={82}, ISSN={1091-6490}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.82.13.4326}, DOI={10.1073/pnas.82.13.4326}, number={13}, journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, author={Braam-Markson, J and Jaudon, C and Krug, R M}, year={1985}, month=jul, pages={4326–4330} }