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Journal of Virology, August 2000, p. 7422-7430, Vol. 74, No. 16
Division of Virology, National Institute for
Medical Research, London NW7 1AA, United Kingdom
Received 22 February 2000/Accepted 23 May 2000
To probe the genetic determinants controlling the interaction
between the retroviral restriction gene Fv1 and its murine
leukemia virus target, we set out to develop rapid, transient assays
for Fv1 function. Cells were transfected or transduced with
Fv1 expression plasmids which can produce green fluorescent
protein via an internal ribosome entry site positioned between the
Fv1 and green fluorescent protein coding sequences.
Fv1 function was then assessed by comparing virus
replication in green fluorescent protein-positive and -negative cells,
using retroviral vectors encoding a second fluorescent marker, yellow
fluorescent protein, or
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Use of a Transient Assay for Studying the Genetic
Determinants of Fv1 Restriction
and
-galactosidase. Using this assay, we could
show that Fv1 specificities were not as absolute as
previously thought, since the Fv1b allele was
capable of interacting with "nonrestricted" B- and NB-tropic
viruses and by shuffling the n- and b-alleles of Fv1, it
was possible to generate a Fv1 molecule capable of restricting N-, B-,
and NB-tropic viruses equally efficiently. Further, we could show that
the presence of nonrestricting Fv1 in the same cell as restrictive Fv1
abrogates restriction, implying competition for binding to the
retroviral target.
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of
Virology, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill
Hill, London NW7 1AA, United Kingdom. Phone: 44-208/959-3666, ext.
2140. Fax: 44-208/906-4477. E-mail:
jstoye{at}nimr.mrc.ac.uk.
Present address: Wohl Virion Centre, Windeyer Institute of Medical
Sciences, University College London, London W1P 6DB, United Kingdom.
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