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ArticleViruses2009

Dominant-negative proteins in herpesviruses - from assigning gene function to intracellular immunization.

Hermine Mühlbach, Christian A Mohr, Zsolt Ruzsics, Ulrich H Koszinowski

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Article in Viruses, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Hermine MühlbachMax-von-Pettenkofer Institut, LMU, Feodor-Lynenstr. 25, 81377 Munich, Germany; E-Mails: muehlbach@lmb.uni-muenchen.de (H.M.); mohr@lmb.uni-muenchen.de (C.A.M.); ruzsics@lmb.uni-muenchen.de (Z.R.).
Christian A Mohr
Zsolt Ruzsics
Ulrich H Koszinowski

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Investigating and assigning gene functions of herpesviruses is a process, which profits from consistent technical innovation. Cloning of bacterial artificial chromosomes encoding herpesvirus genomes permits nearly unlimited possibilities in the construction of genetically modified viruses. Targeted or randomized screening approaches allow rapid identification of essential viral proteins. Nevertheless, mapping of essential genes reveals only limited insight into function. The usage of dominant-negative (DN) proteins has been the tool of choice to dissect functions of proteins during the viral life cycle. DN proteins also facilitate the analysis of host-virus interactions. Finally, DNs serve as starting-point for design of new antiviral strategies.

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conditional gene expressionconserved gene blocksdeletiondominant-negativeessential genesherpesvirusintracellular immunizationrandom mutagenesis

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PMID21994555
PMCPMC3185506

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