In measles virus-infected BGM (African green monkey kidney) cells, a unique polypeptide (84K) was identified. This polypeptide was not found in other cell lines examined and could be immunoprecipitated with anti-NP monoclonal antibody. Peptide mapping studies confirmed that it contained all the peptides of the 60K NP plus several additional ones. Pulse-chase experiments failed to establish it as a precursor of the 60K polypeptide. The possible origin of this protein is discussed.
GibsonW.1974; Polyoma virus proteins: a description of the structural proteins of the virion based on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and peptide analysis. Virology 62:319–336
HermanR. C.,
SchubertM.,
KeeneJ. D.,
LazzariniR. A.1980; Polycistronic vesicular stomatitis virus RNA transcripts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 77:4662–4665
JosephB. S.,
LampertP. W.,
OldstoneM. B. A.1975; Replication and persistence of measles virus in defined sub-populations of human leukocytes. Journal of Virology 16:1638–1649
SeifreidA. S.,
AlbrechtP.,
MilsteinJ. B.1978; Characterisation of an RNA polymerase activity associated with measles virus. Journal of Virology 25:781–787
ZweigM.,
HeilmanC. J.,
RabinH.,
HamparB.1980; Shared antigenic determinants between two distinct classes of proteins in cells infected with herpes simplex virus. Journal of Virology 35:644–652