Labile Coat: Reason for Noninfectious Cell-free Varicella-Zoster Virus in Culture 1
AUTOR(ES)
Cook, Margery L.
RESUMO
Experiments designed to determine why cell-free varicella-zoster virus replicated in cell culture is noninfectious were performed. Electron micrographs in which varicella-zoster virus (a herpesvirus) was compared to herpes simplex virus in primary human amnion cell cultures showed that the viruses were morphologically indistinguishable inside the nucleus. However, extranuclear varicella-zoster viruses were distinguished from herpes simplex virus by the presence of pleomorphism, incomplete coats, and a resultant loss of central dense cores. This result indicates that varicella-zoster virus possesses a labile coat which is degraded outside the nucleus. It is suggested that the labile coat is a principal reason for the lack of cell-free infectious virus in this system.
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http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=375490Documentos Relacionados
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