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Viruses 2012, 4(8), 1258-1263; doi:10.3390/v4081258
Communication
The Role of Equine Herpesvirus Type 4 Glycoprotein K in Virus Replication
Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt
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Current address: Institute of Virology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Free University of Berlin, Philippstrasse 13, Haus 18, 10115 Berlin, Germany.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 29 June 2012; in revised form: 31 July 2012 / Accepted: 3 August 2012 / Published: 7 August 2012
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Abstract: Equine herpesvirus 4 (EHV-4) is an important equine pathogen that causes respiratory tract disease among horses worldwide. Glycoprotein K (gK) homologues have been identified in several alphaherpesviruses as a major player in virus entry, replication, and spread. In the present study, EHV-4 gK-deletion mutant has been generated by using bacterial artificial chromosome technology and Red mutagenesis to investigate the role of gK in EHV-4 replication. Our findings reported here show that gK is essential for virus replication in vitro and that the gK-negative strain was not able to be reconstituted in equine cells. It is noteworthy that these findings agree with the previously published study describing gK deletion in other alphaherpesviruses.
Keywords: EHV-4; BAC; gK
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Azab, W.; El-Sheikh, A. The Role of Equine Herpesvirus Type 4 Glycoprotein K in Virus Replication. Viruses 2012, 4, 1258-1263.
AMA StyleAzab W, El-Sheikh A. The Role of Equine Herpesvirus Type 4 Glycoprotein K in Virus Replication. Viruses. 2012; 4(8):1258-1263.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAzab, Walid; El-Sheikh, Abuelyazeed. 2012. "The Role of Equine Herpesvirus Type 4 Glycoprotein K in Virus Replication." Viruses 4, no. 8: 1258-1263.