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ArticleJournal of virology2005

Directed evolution of retrovirus envelope protein cytoplasmic tails guided by functional incorporation into lentivirus particles.

Christoph A Merten, Jörn Stitz, Gundula Braun, Eric M Poeschla, Klaus Cichutek, Christian J Buchholz

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Article in Journal of virology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Screening for drivers of SARS-CoV-2 uptake.Nature biomedical engineering · 2024
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  2. Lentiviral Vectors Pseudotyped with Filoviral Glycoproteins.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2017
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  8. Targeted cell entry of lentiviral vectors.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2008
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Christoph A MertenDivision of Medical Biotechnology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Paul-Ehrlich-Str. 51-59, 63225 Langen, Germany.
Jörn Stitz
Gundula Braun
Eric M Poeschla
Klaus Cichutek
Christian J Buchholz
Paul Ehrlich Institut · DEMayo Clinic in Arizona · USStanford University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In contrast to most gammaretrovirus envelope proteins (Env), the Gibbon ape leukemia virus (GaLV) Env protein does not mediate the infectivity of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) particles. We made use of this observation to set up a directed evolution system by creating a library of GaLV Env variants diversified at three critical amino acids, all located around the R-peptide cleavage site within the cytoplasmic tail. This library was screened for variants that were able to functionally pseudotype HIV-1 vector particles. All selected Env variants mediated the infectivity of HIV-1 vector particles and encoded novel cytoplasmic tail motifs. They were efficiently incorporated into HIV particles, and the R peptide was processed by the HIV protease. Interestingly, in some of the selected variants, the R-peptide cleavage site had shifted closer to the C terminus. These data demonstrate a valuable approach for the engineering of chimeric viruses and vector particles.

Indexed as

Evolution, MolecularAmino Acid SequenceCell LineGene Products, envGenetic VectorsHIV-1HumansLeukemia Virus, Gibbon ApeMolecular Sequence DataPlasmidsVirionGene Products, env

Identifiers

PMID15613311
PMCPMC538528
OpenAlexW2099951490

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