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Expression of human MxA protein in mosquito cells interferes with LaCrosse virus replication
T A Miura1, J O Carlson, B J Beaty
1Arthropod-Borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523 USA.
Journal of Virology
|February 27, 2001
Abstract:
Human MxA protein inhibits LaCrosse virus (LAC virus; family Bunyaviridae) replication in vertebrate cells and MxA-transgenic mice. LAC virus is transmitted to humans by Aedes triseriatus mosquitoes. In this report, we have shown that transfected mosquito cells expressing the human MxA cDNA are resistant to LAC virus but permissive for Sindbis virus (family Togaviridae) infection.