Avian polyomavirus mutants with deletions in the VP4-encoding region show deficiencies in capsid assembly and virus release, and have reduced infectivity in chicken

References

1. Benjamin T. L. 2001; Polyoma virus: old findings and new challenges. Virology 289:167–173 [CrossRef]
   [Google Scholar]
2. Cole C. N. 1996; Polyomaviridae : the viruses and their replication. In Fields Virology , 3rd edn. vol 2 pp  1997–2025 Edited by Fields B. N., Knipe D. M., Howley P. M. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott–Raven Publishers;
   [Google Scholar]
3. Fattaey A., Lenz L., Consigli R. A. 1992; Production and characterisation of monoclonal antibodies to budgerigar fledgling disease virus major capsid protein VP1. Avian Dis 36:543–553 [CrossRef]
   [Google Scholar]
4. Fitzgerald S. D., Williams S. M., Reed W. M. 1996; Development of a chicken model for studying avian polyomavirus infection. Avian Dis 40:377–381 [CrossRef]
   [Google Scholar]
5. Fitzgerald S. D., Kingwill S. J., Briggs S., Awolaja O., Basile A., Griffioen L., Potter E. A., Wu C. C., Taylor S. P., Reed W. M. 1999; Experimental inoculation of avian polyomavirus in chemically and virally immunosuppressed chickens. Avian Dis 43:476–483 [CrossRef]
   [Google Scholar]
6. Gavrieli Y., Sherman Y., Ben-Sasson S. A. 1992; Identification of programmed cell death in situ via specific labeling of nuclear DNA fragmentation. J Cell Biol 119:493–501 [CrossRef]
   [Google Scholar]
7. Guérin J.-L., Gelfi J., Dubois L., Vuillaume A., Boucraut-Baralon C., Pingret J.-L. 2000; A novel polyomavirus (goose hemorrhagic polyomavirus) is the agent of hemorrhagic nephritis of geese. J Virol 74:4523–4529 [CrossRef]
   [Google Scholar]
8. Johne R., Müller H. 1998; Avian polymavirus in wild birds: genome analysis of isolates from Falconiformes and Psittaciformes . Arch Virol 143:1501–1512 [CrossRef]
   [Google Scholar]
9. Johne R., Müller H. 2001; Avian polyomavirus agnoprotein 1a is incorporated into the virus particle as a fourth structural protein, VP4. J Gen Virol 82:909–918
   [Google Scholar]
10. Johne R., Müller H. 2004; Nuclear localization of avian polyomavirus structural protein VP1 is a prerequisite for the formation of virus-like particles. J Virol 78:930–937 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
11. Johne R., Jungmann A., Müller H. 2000; Agnoprotein 1a and agnoprotein 1b of avian polyomavirus are apoptotic inducers. J Gen Virol 81:1183–1190
    [Google Scholar]
12. Johne R., Wittig W., Fernández-de-Luco D., Höfle U., Müller H. 2006; Characterization of two novel polyomaviruses of birds by using multiply primed rolling-circle amplification of their genomes. J Virol 80:3523–3531 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
13. Kärber G. 1931; Beitrag zur kollektiven Behandlung pharmakologischer Reihenversuche. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 162:480–483 (in German [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
14. Khan M. S. R., Johne R., Beck I., Kaleta E. F., Pawlita M., Müller H. 2000; Development of a blocking enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of avian polyomavirus-specific antibodies. J Virol Methods 89:39–48 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
15. Krautwald M. E., Müller H., Kaleta E. F. 1989; Polyomavirus infection in budgerigars ( Melopsittacus undulatus ): clinical and aetiological studies. Zentralbl Veterinarmed B 36:459–467
    [Google Scholar]
16. Lehn H., Müller H. 1986; Cloning and characterization of budgerigar fledgling disease virus, an avian polyomavirus. Virology 151:362–370 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
17. Literak I., Smid B., Dubska L., Brynza I., Valicek L. 2006; An outbreak of the polyomavirus infection in budgerigars and cockatiels in Slovakia, including a genome analysis of an avian polyomavirus isolate. Avian Dis 50:120–123 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
18. Liu Q., Hobom G. 2000; Agnoprotein-1a of avian polyomavirus budgerigar fledgling disease virus: identification of phosphorylation sites and functional importance in the virus life-cycle. J Gen Virol 81:359–367
    [Google Scholar]
19. Liu Q., Hintz M., Li J., Linder M., Geyer R., Hobom G. 2000; Recombinant expression and modification analysis of protein agno-1b encoded by avian polyomavirus BFDV. Arch Virol 145:1211–1223 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
20. Luo D., Müller H., Tang X. B., Hobom G. 1995; Early and late pre-mRNA processing of budgerigar fledgling disease virus 1: identification of viral RNA 5′ and 3′ ends and internal splice junctions. J Gen Virol 76:161–166 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
21. Müller H., Nitschke R. 1986; A polyoma-like virus associated with an acute disease of fledgling budgerigars ( Melopsittacus undulatus ). Med Microbiol Immunol (Berl) 175:1–13 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
22. Nilsson J., Miyazaki N., Xing L., Wu B., Hammar L., Li T. C., Takeda N., Miyamura T., Cheng R. H. 2005; Structure and assembly of a T=1 virus-like particle in BK polyomavirus. J Virol 79:5337–5345 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
23. Pawlita M., Müller M., Oppenländer M., Zentgraf H., Herrmann M. 1996; DNA encapsidation by virus-like particles assembled in insect cells from the major capsid protein VP1 of B-lymphotropic papovavirus. J Virol 70:7517–7526
    [Google Scholar]
24. Ritchie B. W., Niagro F. D., Latimer K. S. 1994; Antibody response and local reactions to adjuvanted avian polyomavirus vaccines in psittacine birds. J Assoc Avian Vet 8:21–26 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]
25. Sambrook J., Fritsch E. F., Maniatis T. 1989 Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual , 2nd edn. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press;
    [Google Scholar]
26. Sandmeier P., Gerlach H., Johne R., Müller H. 1999; Polyomavirus infections in exotic birds in Switzerland. Schweiz Arch Tierheilkd 141:223–229 (in German
    [Google Scholar]
27. Shah K. V. 1996; Polyomaviruses. In Fields Virology . , 3rd edn. vol 2 pp  2027–2945 Edited by Fields B. N., Knipe D. M., Howley P. M. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott–Raven;
28. Stoll R., Luo D., Kouwenhoven B., Hobom G., Müller H. 1993; Molecular and biological characteristics of avian polyomaviruses: isolates from different species of birds indicate that avian polyomaviruses form a distinct subgenus within the polyomavirus genus. J Gen Virol 74:229–237 [CrossRef]
    [Google Scholar]