Impaired virion secretion by hepatitis B virus immune escape mutants and its rescue by wild-type envelope proteins or a second-site mutation.
J Virol
; 87(4): 2352-7, 2013 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-23221548
ABSTRACT
Hepatitis B virus immune escape mutants have been associated with vaccine failure and reinfection of grafted liver despite immune prophylaxis, but their biological properties remain largely unknown. Transfection of 20 such mutants in a human hepatoma cell line identified many with severe impairment in virion secretion, which can be rescued to various extents by coexpression of wild-type envelope proteins or introduction of a novel glycosylation site. Consistent with their role in maintaining intra- or intermolecular disulfide bonds, cysteine residues within the "a" determinant are critical for virion secretion.
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Assunto principal:
Replicação Viral
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Vírus da Hepatite B
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Evasão da Resposta Imune
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Mutação
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Virol
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos