goerzerlab.bsky.social
@goerzerlab.bsky.social
Virology lab studying various aspects of entry glycoproteins of the human cytomegalovirus, part of the Center for Virology at the Medical University Vienna
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after Bacmid transfection revealed compensatory second-site mutations, mainly in domain V, reverting this atypical phenotype and rescuing the infection capability. We suggest an important interaction between domains III and V during the fusion process.
January 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Madlen Mollik from @goerzerlab.bsky.social pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39315800/

In this paper, we characterized four mutations in domain III of HCMV gB, of which one depicted an atypical phenotype in fibroblasts upon long-term culturing. Sequencing of reconstituted viruses at various time points
January 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM