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Journal of Virology, June 2005, p. 7926-7932, Vol. 79, No. 12
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.79.12.7926-7932.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

The Morphology and Composition of Influenza A Virus Particles Are Not Affected by Low Levels of M1 and M2 Proteins in Infected Cells

Svetlana V. Bourmakina and Adolfo García-Sastre*

Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York

Received 31 October 2004/ Accepted 7 March 2005

We generated a recombinant influenza A virus (Mmut) that produced low levels of matrix (M1) and M2 proteins in infected cells. Mmut virus propagated to significantly lower titers than did wild-type virus in cells infected at low multiplicity. By contrast, virion morphology and incorporation of viral proteins and vRNAs into virus particles were similar to those of wild-type virus. We propose that a threshold amount of M1 protein is needed for the assembly of viral components into an infectious particle and that budding is delayed in Mmut virus-infected cells until sufficient levels of M1 protein accumulate at the plasma membrane.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1124, New York, NY 10029. Phone: (212) 241-7769. Fax: (212) 534-1684. E-mail: adolfo.garcia-sastre{at}mssm.edu.

Journal of Virology, June 2005, p. 7926-7932, Vol. 79, No. 12
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.79.12.7926-7932.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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