Abstract: Finally, recombinant viruses with a
T157E mutation in
PA protein, which resulted in a drastic reduction of protease and replication activities of
RNPs, were not viable.
Abstract: Viruses with a
T157A mutation, which presented a severe decrease in protease activity and replication of
RNPs, showed a complex phenotype: (i) transport to the nucleus of
PAT157A protein was delayed, (ii) virus multiplication was reduced at both low and high multiplicities, (iii) transcriptive synthesis was unaltered while replicative synthesis, especially cRNA, was diminished, and (iv) viral pathogenesis in mice was reduced, as measured by loss of body weight and virus titers in lungs.