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Mechanism of virus inhibiting action against measles virus of polyelectrolytes (PE) polystyrolsulfonate (PSS) of various polymerization degree and 60 kDa molecular weight polyallylamine (PAA) was studied.
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PMID: 21913389
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We recently characterized the interaction between the intraviral domains of envelope glycoproteins (Gn and Gc) and ribonucleoprotein (RNP) of Puumala and Tula hantaviruses (genus Hantavirus, family Bunyaviridae). Herein we report a direct interaction between spike-forming glycoprotein and nucleic ac...
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PMID: 21807393
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The study aimed to construct the amplicon vector of HSV-1 strain HF and explore its universal package function between different serotypes of HSV. OriS and pac elements were obtained by enzyme digestion from the Plasmid BAC-HSV-1 strain HF and sequenced. With red fluorescence (DsRed)...
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PMID: 21998950
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We suppose that diverse sensitivity to DT of monkey and mouse cells can be explained not only by differences in their receptor affinity for DT but also by the processes that occur after internalization of the toxin into the cells....
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PMID: 21805864
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Kenneth K Plante,
Eryu E Wang,
Charalambos D CD Partidos,
James J Weger,
Rodion R Gorchakov,
Konstantin K Tsetsarkin,
Erin M EM Borland,
Ann M AM Powers,
Robert R Seymour,
Dan T DT Stinchcomb,
Jorge E JE Osorio,
Ilya I Frolov and
Scott C SC Weaver
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We employed a rational attenuation mechanism that also prevents the infection of mosquito vectors. The internal ribosome entry site (IRES) from encephalomyocarditis virus replaced the subgenomic promoter in a cDNA CHIKV clone, thus altering the levels and host-specific mechanism of structural protei...
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PMID: 21829348
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We isolated a single amino acid point mutant that is selectively defective in host shutoff activity. Incorporation of this mutation into MHV68 yielded a virus with significantly reduced capacity for mRNA turnover. Unexpectedly, the MHV68 mutant showed little defect during the acute replication phase...
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PMID: 21811408
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The study was targeted to investigate the propagation of rubella virus in the cell cultures of various origins and with different cultivation methods. The high-yielding strain of rubella virus was produced. The "spinner-culture" cultivation method was applied and the strain's RNA was...
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PMID: 21899118
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Abstract. Three tetravalent formulations of chimeric dengue (DENVax) viruses containing the pre-membrane and envelope genes of serotypes 1-4 expressed by the attenuated DENV-2 PDK-53 genome were tested for safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy in cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicular...
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PMID: 21633037
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We characterized the F strain of herpes simplex virus-1 passaged in the presence of a natural carrageenan isolated from the red seaweed Gigartina skottbergii in view of the virulence for mice of isolated viral clones.
Viral clones (syn14-1 and syn17-2) showed a syncytial phenotype an...
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PMID: 22256337
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We constructed the plasmid C223-UL43-left-arms-UL47-right-arms which carried the homologous sequences of HSV-1. Liposome embedding method was used to transfect HSV-1 genome and the plasmid C223-UL43-left-arms-UL47-right-arms linearized by Mlu I digestion into Vero cells. After the successful homolog...
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PMID: 21774249
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Guanidinium thiocyanate-phenol-chloroform extraction (GTPC extraction) is widely used in molecular biology for isolating DNA, RNA, and proteins. Protein isolation by commercially available GTPC solutions is time consuming and the resulting pellets are only incompletely soluble. In th...
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PMID: 21094121
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Mauld M Lamarque,
Sébastien S Besteiro,
Julien J Papoin,
Magali M Roques,
Brigitte B Vulliez-Le Normand,
Juliette J Morlon-Guyot,
Jean-François JF Dubremetz,
Sylvain S Fauquenoy,
Stanislas S Tomavo,
Bart W BW Faber,
Clemens H CH Kocken,
Alan W AW Thomas,
Martin J MJ Boulanger,
Graham A GA Bentley and
Maryse M Lebrun
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We show that RON2 is inserted as an integral membrane protein in the host cell and, using several interaction assays with native or recombinant proteins, we define the region that binds AMA1. Our studies were performed both in Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium falciparum and although AMA1 and RON2 pr...
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PMID: 21347343
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A dengue nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) antigen capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)-based tissue culture infectious dose-50 (TCID(50)) test (TCID(50)-ELISA) was developed as an alternative to the standard plaque assay for titrating dengue virus. Virus titers obtained by...
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PMID: 21799894
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Vero cells were infected with R849 and HF simultaneously and two viruses, RH1 and RH2, expressing the LacZ gene and inducing extensive cell fusion were selected. A polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based analysis suggested that one copy of the gamma 34.5 gene is lost in RH1, whereas both copies are lo...
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PMID: 21663640
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We present a convenient approach for the synthesis of two irregular 3-O-sulfonated heparan sulfate octasaccharides, making use of a key disaccharide intermediate to acquire different building blocks for the oligosaccharide chain assembly. Despite substantial structural differences, the prepared 3-O-...
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PMID: 21697878
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We demonstrate that 9b in the absence of any nuclear localization signal (NLS) enters the nucleus by passive transport. Using various cell cycle inhibitors, we have shown that the nuclear entry of 9b is independent of the cell cycle. Further, we found that 9b interacts with the cellular protein Crm1...
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PMID: 21637748
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We describe how to handle, process, and screen field-collected mosquitoes for infectious virus by Vero cell culture assay. Mosquitoes are sorted by trap location and species, and grouped into pools containing ≤50 individuals. Pooled specimens are homogenized in buffered saline using a mixer-mill a...
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PMID: 21694689
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We kept mice on a Se-replete or Se-deficient diet for 28 days, infected them intraperitoneally with CVB3 and maintaining previous diets, we examined them for next 90 days for several parameters indicative of the infection or disease. We found out that the mice on the Se-deficient diet exhibited a ...
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PMID: 21434702
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Brigitte M BM Krenn,
Andrej A Egorov,
Ekaterina E Romanovskaya-Romanko,
Markus M Wolschek,
Sabine S Nakowitsch,
Tanja T Ruthsatz,
Bettina B Kiefmann,
Alexander A Morokutti,
Johannes J Humer,
Janina J Geiler,
Jindrich J Cinatl,
Martin M Michaelis,
Nina N Wressnigg,
Sanda S Sturlan,
Boris B Ferko,
Oleg V OV Batishchev,
Andrey V AV Indenbom,
Rong R Zhu,
Markus M Kastner,
Peter P Hinterdorfer,
Oleg O Kiselev,
Thomas T Muster and
Julia J Romanova
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We demonstrate that original human influenza viruses infect primary human nasal epithelial cells at acidic pH (down to 5.4), whereas H5N1 HPAIVs lose infectivity at pH≤5.6. The HA of A/Vietnam/1203/04 was modified by introducing the single substitution HA2 58K→I, decreasing the pH of the HA conf...
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PMID: 21490925
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Small interfering RNA (siRNA) molecules are considered to be a promising antiviral therapeutics. This study was performed to analyze the application of siRNA against infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) replication. Two siRNAs were designed to target common coding sequences of f...
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PMID: 21434708
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We addressed the question of transplacental transmission of MHV-68 from pregnant Balb/c mice chronically infected with the virus to their fetuses and shedding of the virus by breast milk from chonically infected mothers to their offspring. The mothers were positive to infectious virus and viral anti...
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PMID: 21434705
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Methanol extract of Indigofera linnaei (MEIL) was investigated for antitumor, cytotoxic and antioxidant activities against transplantable tumors and human cancer cell lines. In vitro cytotoxicity was evaluated in HeLa, Hep-2, HepG-2, MCF-7, HT-29, Vero and NIH 3T3 cells by MTT assay and in vivo antit...
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PMID: 21627353
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Study in CBA line mice of immunogenicity of cold adapted reassortant influenza virus H5N2 vaccine strain samples produced in rollers in MDCK and Vero cell cultures by using plant derived components.
Antibody levels in blood sera and nasal swabs, lungs and small intest...
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PMID: 21812141
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To study the optimal conditions for roller cultivation of cold-adapted reassortant vaccine strain of influenza virus A/17/Duck/ Potsdam/86/92 (H5N2) in MDCK and Vero cell cultures grown on nutrient medium based on soy and rice flour hydrolysates obtained using trypsin and bromeline.
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PMID: 21598624
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Efficacy of candidate DNA-vaccines based on the variola virus natural gene A30L and artificial gene A30Lopt with modified codon usage, optimized for expression in mammalian cells, was tested. The groups of mice were intracutaneously immunized three times with three-week intervals with candidate DNA-v...
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PMID: 21786633
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We conclude that KE possesses potent anti PRV activity, and the candidate responsible for the antiviral property was the polysaccharide fraction....
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PMID: 21212504
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An outbreak of peste des petits ruminants (PPR) was recorded in Kalubia province, Egypt in 2006, affecting a large population of migratory goats and sheep over a huge geographical area. Epidemiological, clinical and laboratory investigations were performed. Diseased animals showed pyrexia, erosive st...
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PMID: 21309463
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2-[4-(4-Methoxyphenylcarbonyloxy)benzylidene]-6-dime-thylaminomethyl cyclohexanone hydrochloride 1 has a MIC value of 0.78 microg/mL towards Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and displays similar or identical MIC figures towards various drug-resistant strains of this microorganism. The enone 1 along...
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PMID: 21155394
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We show that non-muscle myosin heavy chain IIA (NMHC-IIA), a subunit of non-muscle myosin IIA (NM-IIA), functions as an HSV-1 entry receptor by interacting with gB. A cell line that is relatively resistant to HSV-1 infection became highly susceptible to infection by this virus when NMHC-IIA was over...
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PMID: 20944748
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We show that Granada virus infects humans. The analysis of the complete genome of Granada virus revealed that this agent is likely to be a natural reassortant of the recently described Massilia virus (donor of the long and short segments) with a yet unidentified phlebovirus (donor of the medium segm...
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PMID: 20889862
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These results indicate that CD122+ cells (probably NKT cells) play a crucial role in host defense by activating CD4+ T cells against N. caninum infection....
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PMID: 20460838
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Purine analogs modified in the five-membered ring have been synthesized and examined for antibacterial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H(37)Rv in vitro employing the microplate alamar blue assay (MABA). The 9-deaza analogs were only found to be weak inhibitors, but the 8-aza-, 7-deaza- a...
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PMID: 20833056
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We evaluated the role of gE-2 in the virus lifecycle by deleting amino acids 124-495 (gE2-del virus). In the mouse retina infection model, gE2-del virus does not spread to nuclei in the brain, indicating a defect in anterograde (pre-synaptic to post-synaptic neurons) and retrograde (post-synaptic to...
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PMID: 20598729
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We analyzed four amino acid residues within domain VI of the Sendai virus L protein and our data indicated that there could be differences in L protein sequence requirements for cap methylation in two different families of Mononegavirales - rhabdoviruses and paramyxoviruses. In this study, we conduc...
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PMID: 20609457
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As a continuation of our research and with the aim of obtaining new anti-tuberculosis agents which can improve the current chemotherapeutic anti-tuberculosis treatments, forty-three new quinoxaline-2-carboxamide 1,4-di-N-oxide derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for in vitro anti-tuberculosis...
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PMID: 20656380
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Historical manufacturing data can potentially harbor a wealth of information for process optimization and enhancement of efficiency and robustness. To extract useful data multivariate data analysis (MVDA) using projection methods is often applied. In this contribution, the results obtained from appl...
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PMID: 20506395
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We also demonstrated that glutamine was a major carbon source to supply the TCA cycle in Vero cells and that a reduction of lactate production did not necessary improve the efficiency of the Vero cell metabolism. Thus, to adapt the formulation of the medium to the Vero cell needs, it is important to...
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PMID: 20506276
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Chalcogenide derivatives of three aminomethylphosphines: P(CH2N(CH2CH2)2NCH3)3 (1), P(CH2N(CH2CH2)2NCH2CH3)3 (2) and P(CH2N(CH2CH2)2O)3 (3) were prepared: oxides--OP(CH2N(CH2CH2)2NCH3)3 (4), OP(CH2N(CH2CH2)2NCH2CH3)3 (5), OP(CH2N(CH2CH2)2O)3 (6), sulfides--SP(CH2N(CH2CH2)2NCH3)3 (7), SP(CH2N(CH2CH2)...
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PMID: 20617235
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André P Liesen,
Thiago M de Aquino,
Cristiane S Carvalho,
Vânia T Lima,
Janete M de Araújo,
José G de Lima,
Antônio R de Faria,
Edésio J T de Melo,
Antonio J Alves,
Elias W Alves,
Anselmo Q Alves and
Alexandre J S Góes
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We reported the synthesis and evaluation of anti-Toxoplasma gondii and antimicrobial activities in vitro of three new compound series obtained from ethyl(5-methyl-1-H-imidazole-4-carboxylate): acylthiosemicarbazide analogues 3a-d, 4-thiazolidinone analogues 4a-d and 1,3,4-thiadiazole analogues 5a-d....
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PMID: 20541294
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A proteomic approach was used to investigate the dynamic cellular host cell response induced by influenza virus infection in two different vaccine production cell lines, MDCK and Vero. For identification of proteins possibly involved in global host cell response mechanisms and virus-host cell intera...
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PMID: 20435171
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We show that resveratrol inhibited cholera toxin (CT)-induced cyclic AMP accumulation in Vero cells. Resveratrol suppressed the CT activity by suppressing the internalization of CT and traffic to the Golgi apparatus without affecting CT binding to cells. Further, resveratrol partially precipitated C...
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PMID: 20307562
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We screened a variety of wild-type (WT) rhabdoviruses against a panel of tumor cell lines. Our screen identified a number of viruses with varying degrees of killing activity. Maraba virus was the most potent of these strains. We built a recombinant system for the Maraba virus platform, engineered a...
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PMID: 20551913
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We investigated the cytotoxicity and interaction with intestinal tissues of an SF, Shiga-toxin-negative E. coli O157:NM isolate. This bovine isolate was negative for stx genes and was not cytotoxic for Vero cells. We found that this E. coli O157 isolate possesses an intimin of type beta, whereas the...
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PMID: 20482230
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We tested two critical hypotheses about the mechanism and significance of lamina disruption. First, we show that chemical inhibition of all PKC isoforms reduced viral growth five-fold and inhibited capsid egress from the nucleus. However, specific inhibition of either conventional PKCs or PKC delta...
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PMID: 20674954
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We show that VP22 physically interacted with infected cell polypeptide 0 (ICP0) and colocalized in the nucleus, indicating that VP22 could be functionally involved in the modulation of viral transcription through interaction with ICP0. In the HSV-1 infection system and chloramphenicol acetyltransfer...
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PMID: 20457214
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Yen-Liang Chen,
Zheng Yin,
Suresh B Lakshminarayana,
Min Qing,
Wouter Schul,
Jeyaraj Duraiswamy,
Ravinder Reddi Kondreddi,
Anne Goh,
Hao Ying Xu,
Andy Yip,
Boping Liu,
Margaret Weaver,
Veronique Dartois,
Thomas H Keller and
Pei-Yong Shi
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We report an adenosine nucleoside prodrug that potently inhibits DENV replication both in cell culture and in a DENV mouse model. NITD449 (2'-C-acetylene-7-deaza-7-carbamoyladenosine) was initially identified as a parental compound that inhibits all four serotypes of DENV with low cytotoxicity. Howe...
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PMID: 20516277
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This short communication shows how the application of simple mathematical formulae allows researchers to extract maximum information from viral growth efficiency studies at virtually no additional costs (in terms of time or money), thus improving the comparability of results (growth rates, replicati...
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PMID: 20580755
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Anne A Schaap-Nutt,
Christopher C D'Angelo,
Emerito E Amaro-Carambot,
Sheila M SM Nolan,
Stephanie S Davis,
Shenelle-Marie SM Wise,
Caraline C Higgins,
Konrad K Bradley,
Olivia O Kim,
Reina R Mayor,
Mario H MH Skiadopoulos,
Peter L PL Collins,
Brian R BR Murphy and
Alexander C AC Schmidt
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We generated an HPIV2 virus in which P and V are expressed from separate genes (rHPIV2-P+V). rHPIV2-P+V replicated like HPIV2-WT in vitro and in non-human primates. HPIV2-P+V was modified by introducing two separate mutations into the V protein to create rHPIV2-L101E/L102E and rHPIV2-Delta122-127. I...
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PMID: 20667570
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We developed a direct xenograft model, UM-PEL-1, by transferring freshly isolated human PEL cells into the peritoneal cavities of NOD/SCID mice without in vitro cell growth to avoid the changes in KSHV gene expression evident in cultured cells. We used this model to show that bortezomib induces PEL...
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PMID: 20615981
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Site-directed mutagenesis of residues in the BC loop (residues 329-333) of the envelope (E) protein domain III in a West Nile virus (WNV) infectious clone and in plasmids encoding recombinant WNV and dengue type 2 virus domain III proteins demonstrated a critical role for residues in this loop in th...
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PMID: 20447672
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These results demonstrate that the sequence of vaccination affects the expansion of cross-reactive CD8(+) T cells after heterologous chimeric flavivirus challenge....
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PMID: 20536361
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Arun K Ghosh,
Jun Takayama,
Kalapala Venkateswara Rao,
Kiira Ratia,
Rima Chaudhuri,
Debbie C Mulhearn,
Hyun Lee,
Daniel B Nichols,
Surendranath Baliji,
Susan C Baker,
Michael E Johnson and
Andrew D Mesecar
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We carried out lead optimization and structure-activity studies to provide a series of improved inhibitors that show potent PLpro inhibition and antiviral activity against SARS-CoV infected Vero E6 cells. Interestingly, the (S)-Me inhibitor 15 h (enzyme IC(50) = 0.56 microM; antiviral EC(50) = 9.1 m...
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PMID: 20527968
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We report that the Rickettsia typhi genome possesses two genes encoding patatin-like PLA(2) proteins, RT0590 and RT0522. Sequence analysis of RT0522 and RT0590 reveals the presence of the conserved motifs essential for PLA(2) activity. Transcriptional analysis indicates that RT0522, but not RT0590,...
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PMID: 20435729
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We identified a unique amino acid difference (Val(1994)-Ile(1994)) that distinguished the more virulent strains, Anhui1 (Ah1), Henan1 (Hn1) and Henan2 (Hn2) from the less virulent strains, Chongqing1 (Cq1), Chongqing2 (Cq2) and Chongqing3 (Cq3). This amino acid difference is located in the finger do...
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PMID: 20398708
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We performed in vitro binding assays with N-terminal proteins encoding amino acids 1 to 160 of wild-type ICP27 or arginine-to-lysine substitution mutants. The R138,148,150K triple mutant bound weakly to sequences that were bound by the wild-type protein and single and double mutants. Furthermore, du...
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PMID: 20410270
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We investigated the molecular mechanisms by which the P gene products of the neurovirulent CDV A75/17 strain disrupt type I interferon (IFN-alpha/beta)-induced signaling that results in the establishment of the antiviral state. Using recombinant knockout A75/17 viruses, the V protein was identified...
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PMID: 20427537
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Chimeric yellow fever virus 17D (YFV-17D) and dengue virus type 2 (DENV2) carrying the surface proteins of Modoc virus (MODV), a not-known-vector (NKV) flavivirus, replicated efficiently in mammalian (Vero-B) and mosquito (C6/36) cells, whereas MODV failed to replicate in mosquito ce...
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PMID: 20219898
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The plants of the Asteraceae family have been used for medicinal purposes,in traditional Colombian medicine.
To evaluate the antifungal activity and the cytotoxic effects of 15 essential oils from plants of the Asteraceae family.
Antifungal activity was evaluated against Candida parapsilosis ATCC 22...
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PMID: 20346291
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HSV-1 virions contain a proteinaceous layer termed the tegument that lies between the nucleocapsid and viral envelope. The molecular mechanisms that facilitate incorporation of tegument proteins are poorly characterized. The tegument protein VP22 interacts with VP16 and the cytoplasm...
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PMID: 20580397
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