TY  - JOUR
A1  - Siwka, Wieslaw
A1  - Schwinn, Andreas
A1  - Baczko, Knut
A1  - Pardowitz, Iancu
A1  - Mhalu, Fred
A1  - Shao, John
A1  - Rethwilm, Axel
A1  - ter Meulen, Volker
T1  - vpu and env sequence variability of HIV-1 isolates from Tanzania
N2  - No abstract available
KW  - Virologie
Y1  - 1994
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61355
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TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hahn, Heidi
A1  - Baunach, Gerald
A1  - Bräutigam, Sandra
A1  - Mergia, Ayalew
A1  - Neumann-Haefelin, Dieter
A1  - Daniel, Muthiah D.
A1  - McClure, Myra O.
A1  - Rethwilm, Axel
T1  - Reactivity of primate sera to foamy virus Gag and Bet proteins
N2  - In order to establish criteria for the Serodiagnosis of foamy virus infections we investigated the extent to which sera from iofected individuals of human and primate origin react with structural and non-structural virus proteins in immunoblot assays. Using lysates from infected cells as the source of virus antigen, antibodies were preferentially detected against the Gag proteins and the non-structural Bet protein. Both the Gag precursor molecules of 70 and 74K apparent M\(_r\) and the cytoplasmic 60K M\(_r\) Bet protein were found to be phosphorylated, the latter being synthesized in large amounts in infected cells. Rahbit antiserum raised against recombinant human foamy virus (HFV) Gag major capsid protein cross-reacted with foamy viruses of chimpanzee, gorilla, orang-utan, rhesus monkey and Mrican green monkey origin. This was reßected by a broad cross-reactivity of the respective monkey sera to the Gag proteins of the various foamy virus isolates. Cross-reactivity of antisera against the Bet protein was restricted to viruses from man and the great apes. Recombinant Gag and Bet proteins expressed in prokaryotes or in insect cells were readily recognized by foamy virus-positive primate sera. Screening serum samples from chimpanzees with HFV Gag and Bet proteins expressed by recombinant baculoviruses revealed that 18 out of 35 (52%) were positive for Gag antibodies. Of these, 13 (72 o/o) showed antiborlies against the Bet protein, indicating that Bet antigen is of value in sero1ogical screening for foamy virus infections.
KW  - Virologie
Y1  - 1994
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61366
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TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schliephake, Andreas W.
A1  - Rethwilm, Axel
T1  - Nuclear Localization of Foamy Virus Gag Precursor Protein
N2  - All foamy viruses give rise to a strong nuclear staining when infected cells are reacted with sera from infected hosts. This nuclear ftuorescence distinguishes foamy viruses from all other retroviruses. The experiments reported here indicate that the foamy virus Gag precursor protein is transiently located in the nuclei of infected cells and this is the likely reason for the typical foamy virus nuclear fluorescence. By using the vaccinia virus expression system, a conserved basic sequence motif in the nucleocapsid domain of foamy virus Cag proteins was identified to be responsible for the nuclear transport of the gag precursor molecule. Tbis motif was also found to be able to direct a heterologous protein, the Gag protein of human immunodeficiency virus, into the nucleus.
KW  - Virologie
Y1  - 1994
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-61371
ER  -