Infectious Bursal Disease Virus non-structural protein VP5 is not a transmembrane protein
2015
Carballeda, Juan Manuel | Maroniche, Guillermo Andrés | Lucero, Maria Soledad | Richetta, Matias Daniel | Gomez, Evangelina Raquel | Chimeno Zoth, Silvina Andrea | Berinstein, Analia
Infectious Bursal Disease Virus (IBDV) causes a highly relevant poultry disease that affects young chickens causing, among other effects, immunosuppression. IBDV is a bi-segmented double stranded RNA virus. The smaller ORF of larger RNA segment encodes VP5, a 17-kDa non-structural protein. Although it is an important protein for viral replication cycle, the definition of its specific role and subcellular localization remains unclear. In the present work we demonstrate, using imaging techniques, that VP5 is not a type II transmembrane protein but an intracellular membrane-associated protein. This finding might provide evidences of VP5 interaction with cellular proteins and its functions.
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Show more [+] Less [-]Fil: Carballeda, Juan Manuel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Biotecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Show more [+] Less [-]Fil: Maroniche, Guillermo Andrés. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina
Show more [+] Less [-]Fil: Lucero, Maria Soledad. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Biotecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Show more [+] Less [-]Fil: Richetta, Matias Daniel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Biotecnología; Argentina
Show more [+] Less [-]Fil: Gomez, Evangelina Raquel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Biotecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Show more [+] Less [-]Fil: Chimeno Zoth, Silvina Andrea. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Biotecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Show more [+] Less [-]Fil: Berinstein, Analia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Biotecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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