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. 1986 Apr;58(1):173–178. doi: 10.1128/jvi.58.1.173-178.1986

Characterization and mapping of a nonessential pseudorabies virus glycoprotein.

M W Wathen, L M Wathen
PMCID: PMC252890  PMID: 3005646

Abstract

Antigenic variants of pseudorabies virus (PRV) containing mutations in a viral glycoprotein with a molecular weight of 82,000 (gIII) were isolated by selecting for resistance to a complement-dependent neutralizing monoclonal antibody (MCA82-2) directed against gIII. These mutants were completely resistant to neutralization with MCA82-2 in the presence of complement. Two mutants selected for further studies either did not express gIII or expressed an improperly processed form of the glycoprotein. The mutations were also associated with an altered plaque morphology (syncytium formation). The gIII gene was mapped by marker rescue of a gIII- mutant with cloned restriction enzyme fragments to the long unique region of the PRV genome between 0.376 and 0.383 map units. This corresponds to the map location of a glycoprotein described by Robbins et al. (J. Mol. Appl. Gen. 2:485-496, 1984). Since gIII is nonessential for viral replication in cell culture and has several other characteristics in common with the herpes simplex virus glycoprotein gC, gIII may represent the PRV equivalent to herpes simplex virus gC.

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