The novel structural protein of human cytomegalovirus, pUL25, is localized in the viral tegument

J Virol. 1999 Jul;73(7):6073-5. doi: 10.1128/JVI.73.7.6073-6075.1999.

Abstract

Human cytomegalovirus UL25 codes for a structural phosphoprotein of 85 kDa (C. J. Baldick and T. Shenk, J. Virol. 70:6097-6105, 1996; M. C. Battista et al., J. Virol. 73:3800-3809, 1999). In this study we analyzed the intracellular and intraviral localization of pUL25 by confocal and immunoelectron microscopy and found that pUL25 is a component of the viral tegument and the dense body matrix, acquired during the late cytoplasmic phase of virus maturation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cell Line
  • Cytomegalovirus / chemistry*
  • Cytomegalovirus / ultrastructure
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
  • Humans
  • Phosphoproteins / analysis
  • Phosphoproteins / biosynthesis
  • Viral Proteins / analysis*
  • Viral Proteins / biosynthesis
  • Viral Structural Proteins / analysis*
  • Viral Structural Proteins / biosynthesis

Substances

  • Phosphoproteins
  • UL25 protein, Cytomegalovirus
  • Viral Proteins
  • Viral Structural Proteins