Hepatitis B virus nucleocapsid particles do not cross the hepatocyte nuclear membrane in transgenic mice.
AUTOR(ES)
Guidotti, L G
RESUMO
Transgenic mice that express the hepatitis B virus core protein were used to examine factors that influence the intracellular localization of nucleocapsid particles in the primary hepatocyte in vivo. In this model, viral nucleocapsid particles are strictly localized to the nucleus of the hepatocyte except when the nuclear membrane dissolves during cell division, at which time they enter the cytoplasm. The cytoplasmic nucleocapsid particles do not reenter the nucleus, however, when the nuclear membrane re-forms after cell division. The data support the notion that nucleocapsid particles can form de novo within the nucleus, and they suggest that performed nucleocapsid particles cannot be transported across the intact nuclear membrane in either direction. The results imply that nucleocapsid disassembly is probably required for entry of the hepadnaviral genome into the nucleus, and they question the role of the intranuclear viral nucleocapsid particle during the viral life cycle.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=236947Documentos Relacionados
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