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ArticleJournal of virology1997

Expression of a murine leukemia virus Gag-Escherichia coli RNase HI fusion polyprotein significantly inhibits virus spread.

M VanBrocklin, A L Ferris, S H Hughes, M J Federspiel

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Article in Journal of virology, 1997. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M VanBrocklinMolecular Medicine Program, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
A L Ferris
S H Hughes
M J Federspiel
Mayo Clinic · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The antiviral strategy of capsid-targeted viral inactivation (CTVI) was designed to disable newly produced virions by fusing a Gag or Gag-Pol polyprotein to a degradative enzyme (e.g., a nuclease or protease) that would cause the degradative enzyme to be inserted into virions during assembly. Several new experimental approaches have been developed that increase the antiviral effect of the CTVI strategy on retroviral replication in vitro. A Moloney murine leukemia virus (Mo-MLV) Gag-Escherichia coli RNase HI fusion has a strong antiviral effect when used prophylactically, inhibiting the spread of Mo-MLV and reducing virus titers 1,500- to 2,500-fold. A significant (approximately 100-fold) overall improvement of the CTVI prophylactic antiviral effect was produced by a modification in the culture conditions which presumably increases the efficiency of delivery and expression of the Mo-MLV Gag fusion polyproteins. The therapeutic effect of Mo-MLV Gag-RNase HI polyproteins is to reduce the production of infectious Mo-MLV up to 18-fold. An Mo-MLV Gag-degradative enzyme fusion junction was designed that can be cleaved by the Mo-MLV protease to release the degradative enzyme.

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3T3 CellsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAntiviral AgentsBase SequenceChick EmbryoEndopeptidasesEscherichia coliGene Products, gagMiceMolecular Sequence DataMoloney murine leukemia virusProteinsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRibonuclease HAntiviral AgentsEndopeptidasesGene Products, gagProteinsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRibonuclease Hribonuclease HI

Identifiers

PMID9060701
PMCPMC191470
OpenAlexW2136497869

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