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Abstract

The hepatitis C virus (HCV) non-structural protein NS4B induces morphological changes in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane that may have a direct role in viral RNA replication. A chimeric GFP–NS4B fusion protein located to the ER membrane and to foci that were attached to the ER. These embrane-ssociated oci (MAFs) could be related to the membrane alterations observed in cells that replicate HCV RNA. The relationship of MAFs to pre-existing cellular structures is not known. Indirect immunofluorescence analysis demonstrated that they did not contain a cellular marker for vesicles, which have been implicated in the replication of other viruses. From photobleaching studies to examine diffusion of NS4B, the GFP-tagged protein had reduced mobility on MAFs compared with on the ER membrane. This slower mobility suggested that NS4B is likely to form different interactions on MAFs and the ER.

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