A Vesiculovirus Showing a Steepened Transcription Gradient and Dominant trans-Repression of Virus Transcription

作者:Hodges Erin N; Heinrich Bianca S; Connor John H*
来源:Journal of Virology, 2012, 86(16): 8884-8889.
DOI:10.1128/JVI.00358-12

摘要

Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) is a prototype nonsegmented, negative-sense virus used to examine viral functions of a broad family of viruses, including human pathogens. Here we demonstrate that S, VSV, an isolate with a small plaque phenotype compared to other Indiana strain viruses, has a transcription defect resulting in an altered pattern and rapid decline of transcription. The S, VSV transcription gradient is dominant over the wild-type transcription in a coinfection. This is the first characterization of an altered gradient of transcription not dependent on RNA template sequence or host response and may provide insight into new approaches to viral attenuation.

  • 出版日期2012-8