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ArticleJournal of virology2018

Mutations in the Influenza A Virus M1 Protein Enhance Virus Budding To Complement Lethal Mutations in the M2 Cytoplasmic Tail.

Hsuan Liu, Michael L Grantham, Andrew Pekosz

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Article in Journal of virology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hsuan LiuW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Michael L GranthamW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Andrew PekoszW. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA apekosz1@jhu.edu.
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Zeiss LSM780 Confocal Microscope for a Core FacilityS10OD016374 · OD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI KUO, SCOT CHARLES · 2013 to 2013
$584k
NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201400007CNIH HHS S10 OD016374
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The influenza A virus M1 and M2 proteins play important roles in virus assembly and in the morphology of virus particles. Mutations in the distal cytoplasmic tail region of M2, and in particular a tyrosine-to-alanine mutation at residue 76 (Y76A), were essential for infectious virus production and filament formation while having limited effects on total virus particle budding. Using a novel selection method, mutations at seven different M1 amino acids (residue 73, 94, 135, 136, or 138 or a double mutation, 93/244) that are not found in circulating influenza virus strains or have not been previously identified to play a role in influenza A virus assembly were found to complement the lethal M2Y76A mutation. These M1 suppressor mutations restored infectious virus production in the presence of M2Y76A and mediated increased budding and filament formation even in the absence of M2. However, the efficiency of infectious virus replication was still dependent on the presence of the distal region of the M2 cytoplasmic tail. The data suggest that influenza A virus budding and genome incorporation can occur independently and provide further support for complementary roles of the M1 and M2 proteins in virus assembly.

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MutationAnimalsCytoplasmDogsGenome, ViralHEK293 CellsHumansInfluenza A virusMadin Darby Canine Kidney CellsRNA, ViralSuppression, GeneticViral Matrix ProteinsViroporin ProteinsVirus AssemblyVirus ReleaseVirus ReplicationM1 protein, Influenza A virusM2 protein, Influenza A virusRNA, ViralViral Matrix ProteinsViroporin ProteinsassemblyinfluenzaM1M2

Identifiers

PMID29046451
PMCPMC5730759
OpenAlexW2766455193

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