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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-2-16
pubmed:abstractText
The expression and subcellular location of the 33.6-kDa nonstructural protein NSm of tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) was analyzed in Nicotiana rustica plants and protoplasts as a function of time. Immunofluorescent studies in protoplasts isolated from TSWV-infected N. rustica leaves showed that this protein could first be detected close to the periphery of the cell, near the plasmamembrane, and later in tubular structures emerging from the cell surface. In situ, these tubules appeared specifically in the plasmodesmata, suggesting their involvement in cell-to-cell movement of the virus during systemic infection. In protoplasts transfected with an expression vector containing the NSm gene, similar tubules were formed, indicating that NSm has the ability to form these structures in the absence of other virus-specific components. To test whether plant-specific components were involved in tubule formation, the NSm gene was also expressed in a heterologous expression system, i.e., insect cells. Spodoptera frugiperda and Trichoplusia ni cells were infected with a recombinant baculovirus expressing the NSm-gene (AcNPV/NSm). The efficient formation of NSm-containing tubules emerging from the surface of both cell types indicate that no plant-specific cell structures or proteins are involved in their development.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0042-6822
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
214
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
485-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8553550-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8553550-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8553550-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:8553550-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:8553550-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:8553550-Lycopersicon esculentum, pubmed-meshheading:8553550-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:8553550-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8553550-Moths, pubmed-meshheading:8553550-Nucleopolyhedrovirus, pubmed-meshheading:8553550-Plant Leaves, pubmed-meshheading:8553550-Plant Viral Movement Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8553550-Plants, Toxic, pubmed-meshheading:8553550-Protoplasts, pubmed-meshheading:8553550-Tobacco, pubmed-meshheading:8553550-Tospovirus, pubmed-meshheading:8553550-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:8553550-Viral Nonstructural Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8553550-Viral Proteins
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
The nonstructural NSm protein of tomato spotted wilt virus induces tubular structures in plant and insect cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Virology, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't