Fig 4
(A) Schematic representation of ZAP chimeras in which the RNA binding domain of mouse, bat, chicken and alligator ZAP was fused to the WWE and PARP-like domain of human ZAP. (B-C) HEK293T ZAP-/- cells were transfected with HIV-1WT (W) or HIV-1CG (C) proviral plasmids and increasing amounts (0ng, 75ng, 145ng, or 290ng) of a plasmid encoding each ZAP chimera. Supernatant was harvested after 48h and the infectious virus yield was determined using MT4-R5-GFP target cells (B). Whole cell lysates corresponding to the highest amount of ZAP plasmids transfected were analysed by western blotting probing with antibodies against HIV-1 proteins and ZAP (C). -, Indicates co-transfection with an empty vector in place of a ZAP expression plasmid. |