Transient Transfection-based Fusion Assay for Viral Proteins

Autor: Melina Vallbracht, Christina Schröter, Barbara Klupp, Thomas Mettenleiter
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Bio-Protocol, Vol 7, Iss 5 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2331-8325
DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.2162
Popis: Membrane fusion is vital for entry of enveloped viruses into host cells as well as for direct viral cell-to-cell spread. To understand the fusion mechanism in more detail, we use an infection free system whereby fusion can be induced by a minimal set of the alphaherpesvirus pseudorabies virus (PrV) glycoproteins gB, gH and gL. Here, we describe an optimized protocol of a transient transfection based fusion assay to quantify cell-cell fusion induced by the PrV glycoproteins.
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