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Role of a structural glycoprotein of pseudorabies in virus virulence.

Abstract
The virulence of deletion mutants of pseudorabies virus defective in the expression of glycoprotein gI, gp63, or both was tested in 1-day-old chickens and young pigs. In the absence of expression of gI, the virulence of a fully virulent laboratory strain, PrV(Ka), for 1-day-old chickens was reduced approximately fourfold. Inactivation of glycoprotein gp63 appeared also to affect the virulence of PrV(Ka) only slightly, as did inactivation of both gI and gp63. The level of reduction in virulence, however, was considerably more marked in Bartha 43/25aB4, a less virulent virus strain. Inactivation of the expression of gI in Bartha 43/25aB4 reduced virulence for chickens at least 100-fold. The results obtained when the virulence of the mutants for pigs was determined were compatible with those obtained for chickens. These results indicate that gI plays a role in virulence, but that it does so in conjunction with at least one other viral function (a function that is defective in Bartha 43/25aB4).
AuthorsT C Mettenleiter, L Zsak, A S Kaplan, T Ben-Porat, B Lomniczi
JournalJournal of virology (J Virol) Vol. 61 Issue 12 Pg. 4030-2 (Dec 1987) ISSN: 0022-538X [Print] United States
PMID2824832 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Viral Envelope Proteins
  • Viral Proteins
  • pseudorabies virus glycoproteins
Topics
  • Animals
  • Chickens
  • Genes, Viral
  • Herpesvirus 1, Suid (genetics, pathogenicity)
  • Mutation
  • Poultry Diseases (microbiology)
  • Pseudorabies (microbiology)
  • Swine
  • Swine Diseases (microbiology)
  • Viral Envelope Proteins
  • Viral Proteins (genetics, physiology)
  • Virulence

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