Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) is a prototype nonsegmented, negative-sense virus used to examine viral functions of a broad family of viruses, including human pathogens. Here we demonstrate that S 2 VSV, an isolate with a small plaque phenotype compared to other Indiana strain viruses, has a transcription defect resulting in an altered pattern and rapid decline of transcription. The S 2 VSV transcription gradient is dominant over the wild-type transcription in a coinfection. This is the first characterization of an altered gradient of transcription not dependent on RNA template sequence or host response and may provide insight into new approaches to viral attenuation.
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Hodges, E. N., Heinrich, B. S., & Connor, J. H. (2012). A Vesiculovirus Showing a Steepened Transcription Gradient and Dominant trans -Repression of Virus Transcription. Journal of Virology, 86(16), 8884–8889. https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.00358-12
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