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. 2011 Sep 16;6(9):e24924. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024924

Figure 3. Hydrophobic residues on Vpr helix-1 are important for virion-delivered Vpr cell cycle arrest.

Figure 3

WT or mutant Vpr proteins (denoted by the single letter amino acid changes) were delivered (Vprv) into Jurkat cells. Virions containing WT Vpr were titrated (md, medium) so that a matched Vpr protein control could be compared to the mutants. (A) Western blot of the Jurkat cells for WT and mutant virion-delivered Vpr (bottom). β-actin is shown as a protein loading control (top). (B) Histograms of cell cycle analysis at 41 hr post-infection show DNA content of PI-stained cells by flow cytometry. All samples represent 10,000 cellular events. G1 and G2/M populations were modeled using the Watson Pragmatic cell cycle model, and the G2,M/G1 ratio in each infection is shown. The data are representative of three experiments.