title: Glycoproteins gM and gN of pseudorabies virus are dispensable for viral penetration and propagation in the nervous systems of adult mice.
abstract: Glycoproteins gM and gN are conserved throughout the herpesviruses but are dispensable for viral replication in cell cultures. To assay for a function of these proteins in infection of an animal, deletion mutants of pseudorabies virus lacking gM or gN and corresponding revertants were analyzed for the ability to penetrate and propagate in the nervous systems of adult mice after intranasal inoculation. We demonstrate that neither of the two glycoproteins is required for infection of the nervous systems of mice by pseudorabies virus.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Génétique des Virus, CNRS, F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Masse
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jöns
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dijkstra
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Mettenleiter
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Flamand
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D011558:Herpesvirus 1, Suid / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D011557:Pseudorabies / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D014709:Vero Cells; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; C097733:glycoprotein N, Pseudorabies virus; C042966:pseudorabies virus glycoproteins