Accession Number:
ADA030475
Title:
Receptor Interaction between Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus and Chick Embryo Fibroblasts.
Descriptive Note:
Interim rept.,
Corporate Author:
ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INST OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FREDERICK MD
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Report Date:
1976-09-10
Pagination or Media Count:
1.0
Abstract:
The attachment of eastern equine encephalitis virus to chick embryo fibroblasts was studied at 0 C. The binding specifically responsible for initiating infection was studied in the initial experiments by using plaque forming ability as the measured response. Results from these initial studies were closely paralleled in studies of binding of radiolabeled virus under the same conditions. Binding that had occurred at the pH optimum, pH 6.5, could be reversed only at higher pH. The observed pH dependence of virus attachment suggested the interaction of at least 2 ionizable species in the initial binding of virus to cell and that 1-3 attachments must occur between virus and cell prior to infection. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Medicine and Medical Research