A NOVEL EPSTEIN-BARR-VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN GP150 EXPRESSED FROM THE BDLF3 OPEN READING FRAME

作者:KURILLA MG; HEINEMAN T; D**ENPORT LC; KIEFF E; HUTTFLETCHER LM
来源:Virology, 1995, 209(1): 108-121.
DOI:10.1006/viro.1995.1235

摘要

Analysis of cDNAs mapping to the BamHI D fragment of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) genome indicates that the BDLF3 open reading frame, which is predicted to encode a type 1 membrane protein of 234 amino acids, is expressed as an unspliced message. Expression of the open reading frame as a recombinant protein in vaccinia virus reveals a glycoprotein that has both N- and O-linked sugars. Antibodies made to the recombinant protein immunoprecipitate a late glycoprotein with a mobility of approximately 150,000 Da from EBV-producing cells. The glycoprotein is associated with the virion. Antibodies to it appear to react primarily with carbohydrate and do not demonstrate neutralizing activity.

  • 出版日期1995-5-10

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