Even though polyomaviruses have been intensively studied for more than 60 years, the role of minor structural proteins VP2 and VP3 in some important steps of viral life cycle has still not been fully elucidated, explicitly their role in viral genome delivery to the cell nucleus and their involvement in late phases of viral life cycle. This diploma thesis focuses on the study of minor proteins of Mouse polyomavirus (MPyV) and Human polyomavirus BK (BKV). Four rabbit polyclonal antibodies against minor proteins of polyomaviruses MPyV or BKV have been prepared within this diploma thesis. Two of these prepared antibodies target minor proteins of MPyV (α-MPyV VP2/3) or BKV virus (α-BKV VP2/3), other two prepared antibodies recognize C-terminal sequence common to minor proteins VP2 and VP3 of MPyV (α-MPyV C-termVP2/3) or BKV virus (α-BKV C-termVP2/3). In the second part of this diploma thesis we aimed to study toxicity of BKV virus minor proteins during individual production in mammalian cells. Obtained results suggest that minor proteins of BKV virus might not exhibit as high levels of cytotoxicity as minor proteins of MPyV virus. Third part of this diploma thesis is devoted to investigation of interactions of BKV and MPyV minor proteins with cellular proteins and within one another respectively....
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:343879 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Vinšová, Barbora |
| Contributors | Horníková, Lenka, Saláková, Martina |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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