A potassium channel protein encoded by chlorella virus PBCV-1

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A potassium channel protein encoded by chlorella virus PBCV-1. / Plugge, Barbara; Gazzarrini, Sabrina; Nelson, Michael C. et al.
In: Science, Vol. 287, No. 5458, 03.03.2000, p. 1641-1644.

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Plugge, B, Gazzarrini, S, Nelson, MC, Cerana, R, Van Etten, JL, Derst, C, DiFrancesco, D, Moroni, A & Thiel, G 2000, 'A potassium channel protein encoded by chlorella virus PBCV-1', Science, vol. 287, no. 5458, pp. 1641-1644. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.287.5458.1641

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Plugge, B., Gazzarrini, S., Nelson, M. C., Cerana, R., Van Etten, J. L., Derst, C., DiFrancesco, D., Moroni, A., & Thiel, G. (2000). A potassium channel protein encoded by chlorella virus PBCV-1. Science, 287(5458), 1641-1644. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.287.5458.1641

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Plugge B, Gazzarrini S, Nelson MC, Cerana R, Van Etten JL, Derst C et al. A potassium channel protein encoded by chlorella virus PBCV-1. Science. 2000 Mar 3;287(5458):1641-1644. doi: 10.1126/science.287.5458.1641

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title = "A potassium channel protein encoded by chlorella virus PBCV-1",
abstract = "The large chlorella virus PBCV-1, which contains double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), encodes a 94-codon open reading frame (ORF) that contains a motif resembling the signature sequence of the pore domain of potassium channel proteins. Phylogenetic analyses of the encoded protein, Kcv, indicate a previously unidentified type of potassium channel. The messenger RNA encoded by the ORF leads to functional expression of a potassium-selective conductance in Xenopus laevis oocytes. The channel blockers amantadine and barium, but not cesium, inhibit this conductance, in addition to virus plaque formation. Thus, PBCV-1 encodes the first known viral protein that functions as a potassium-selective channel and is essential in the virus life cycle.",
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author = "Barbara Plugge and Sabrina Gazzarrini and Nelson, {Michael C.} and Raffaella Cerana and {Van Etten}, {James L.} and Christian Derst and Dario DiFrancesco and A Moroni and Gerhard Thiel",
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AU - Plugge, Barbara

AU - Gazzarrini, Sabrina

AU - Nelson, Michael C.

AU - Cerana, Raffaella

AU - Van Etten, James L.

AU - Derst, Christian

AU - DiFrancesco, Dario

AU - Moroni, A

AU - Thiel, Gerhard

PY - 2000/3/3

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AB - The large chlorella virus PBCV-1, which contains double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), encodes a 94-codon open reading frame (ORF) that contains a motif resembling the signature sequence of the pore domain of potassium channel proteins. Phylogenetic analyses of the encoded protein, Kcv, indicate a previously unidentified type of potassium channel. The messenger RNA encoded by the ORF leads to functional expression of a potassium-selective conductance in Xenopus laevis oocytes. The channel blockers amantadine and barium, but not cesium, inhibit this conductance, in addition to virus plaque formation. Thus, PBCV-1 encodes the first known viral protein that functions as a potassium-selective channel and is essential in the virus life cycle.

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