Figure 7. Effect of OTU mutations on minigenome and VLP activity.
(A) Minigenome luciferase activity was measured 2 days post transfection. (see Experimental Procedures) (B) CCHF VLPs containing supernatants were harvested at 3 days post-transfection, and transferred to new Huh7 cells. The luciferase signal was determined as a measure for VLP activity. Data are mean ± SD of three biological replicates. *p < 0.05 indicate statistical significance between the wild-type L protein and the individual mutants.