Journal of Virology, November 2007, p. 12097-12100, Vol. 81, No. 21
0022-538X/07/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/JVI.01216-07
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Institute of Molecular Virology (IMV), ZMBE, Westfaelische-Wilhelms-University, Von Esmarch-Str. 56, D-48149 Muenster, Germany,1 Robert-Koch-Institute, P15, Nordufer 20, D-13353 Berlin, Germany2
Received 4 June 2007/ Accepted 14 August 2007
Recently it has been shown by several laboratories that the influenza A virus nonstructural protein 1 (A/NS1) binds and activates phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K). This function of the protein is likely to prevent premature apoptosis induction during viral propagation. Here we show that the B/NS1 protein completely lacks the capacity to induce PI3K signaling. Thus, PI3K activation is another unique function of A/NS1 that is different from the action of its influenza B virus counterpart.
Published ahead of print on 22 August 2007.
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