Fitness selection of hyperfusogenic measles virus F proteins associated with neuropathogenic phenotypes
Ikegame S, Hashiguchi T, Hung C, Dobrindt K, Brennand K, Takeda M, Lee B. Fitness selection of hyperfusogenic measles virus F proteins associated with neuropathogenic phenotypes. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2021, 118: e2026027118. PMID: 33903248, PMCID: PMC8106313, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2026027118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsF mutantsMeasles inclusion body encephalitisBSR-T7 cellsMeasles virus F proteinReceptor-binding proteinVirus F proteinGenomic contextFitness advantageWild-type MeVRegulatory domainHyperfusogenic phenotypePrimary human neuronsMutant libraryPoint mutantsMutantsFitness selectionMeV receptorsF phenotypeInclusion body encephalitisNeuropathogenic phenotypeFitness landscapeChronic latent infectionFusion geneF proteinHuman neurons