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ArticleJournal of virology2001

Comprehensive mutational analysis of the Moloney murine leukemia virus envelope protein.

S M Rothenberg, M N Olsen, L C Laurent, R A Crowley, P O Brown

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Article in Journal of virology, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Functional characterization of a portion of the Moloney murine leukemia virus gag gene by genetic footprinting.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2003
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

S M RothenbergProgram in Cancer Biology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California 94305, USA.
M N Olsen
L C Laurent
R A Crowley
P O Brown
Centre for Cancer Biology · AUHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Leveraging innovative technologies in basic and clinical cancer researchT32CA009302 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI LAURA D ATTARDI, Aaron M Newman · 1985 to 2026
$19.1M
FUNCTIONAL MAP OF THE YEAST GENOMER01HG000983 · NHGRI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BROWN, PATRICK O. · 1996 to 2001
$1.0M
NCI NIH HHS CA09302NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009302NHGRI NIH HHS HG00983
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The envelope (Env) protein of Moloney murine leukemia virus is the primary mediator of viral entry. We constructed a large pool of insertion mutations in the env gene and analyzed the fitness of each mutant in completing two critical steps in the virus life cycle: (i) the expression and delivery of the Env protein to the cell surface during virion assembly and (ii) the infectivity of virions displaying the mutant proteins. The majority of the mutants were poorly expressed at the producer cell surface, suggesting folding defects due to the presence of the inserted residues. The mutants with residual infectivity had insertions either in the amino-terminal signal sequence region, two disulfide-bonded loops in the receptor binding domain, discrete regions of the carboxy-terminal region of the surface subunit (SU), or the cytoplasmic tail. Insertions that allowed the mutants to reach the cell surface but not to mediate detectable infection were located within the amino-terminal sequence of the mature Env, within the SU carboxy-terminal region, near putative receptor binding residues, and throughout the fusion peptide. Independent analysis of select mutants in this group allowed more precise identification of the defect in Env function. Mapping of mutant phenotypes to a structural model of the receptor-binding domain provides insights into the protein's functional organization. The high-resolution functional map reported here will be valuable for the engineering of the Env protein for a variety of uses, including gene therapy.

Indexed as

Genes, envAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceCell LineDNA PrimersGene Products, envHumansModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataMoloney murine leukemia virusMutagenesisPhenotypeProtein ConformationProtein Sorting SignalsDNA PrimersGene Products, envProtein Sorting Signals

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PMID11689666
PMCPMC114771
OpenAlexW2144121899

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