Simultaneous Packaging of Two Different RNA Segments into an Influenza C Virus-like Particle Occurs Inefficiently
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Cells and Viruses
2.2. Plasmids
2.3. Generation of C-VLPs from 293T Cells Expressing a Single Type of vRNA
2.4. Generation of VLPs from 293T Cells Expressing Two Types of vRNAs
2.5. Infection of HMV-II Cells with C-VLPs
2.6. Reverse-Transcription (RT)-PCR of vRNA in 293T Cells
2.7. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Generation of C-VLPs Containing DsRed2-vRNA
3.2. Isolation of 293T Cells Expressing Both GFP- and DsRed2-vRNAs
3.3. Infection of HMV-II Cells with the C-VLPs Generated from 293T Cells Expressing Both GFP- and DsRed2-vRNAs
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
C-VLP | Influenza C virus-like particle |
MOI | Multiplicity of infection |
NCR | Non-coding region |
vRNA | Virus ribonucleic acid |
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Muraki, Y. Simultaneous Packaging of Two Different RNA Segments into an Influenza C Virus-like Particle Occurs Inefficiently. Viruses 2025, 17, 350. https://doi.org/10.3390/v17030350
Muraki Y. Simultaneous Packaging of Two Different RNA Segments into an Influenza C Virus-like Particle Occurs Inefficiently. Viruses. 2025; 17(3):350. https://doi.org/10.3390/v17030350
Chicago/Turabian StyleMuraki, Yasushi. 2025. "Simultaneous Packaging of Two Different RNA Segments into an Influenza C Virus-like Particle Occurs Inefficiently" Viruses 17, no. 3: 350. https://doi.org/10.3390/v17030350
APA StyleMuraki, Y. (2025). Simultaneous Packaging of Two Different RNA Segments into an Influenza C Virus-like Particle Occurs Inefficiently. Viruses, 17(3), 350. https://doi.org/10.3390/v17030350