id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-307934-84zfabti Lai, Chao-Kuen Nonstructural Protein 5A Is Incorporated into Hepatitis C Virus Low-Density Particle through Interaction with Core Protein and Microtubules during Intracellular Transport 2014-06-06 .txt text/plain 8211 465 55 Further studies by cofractionation analysis and immunoelectron microscopy of the released particles showed that NS5A-Core complexes, but not NS4B, were present in the low-density fractions, but not in the high-density fractions, of the HCV RNA-containing virions and associated with the internal virion core. Overall, our results suggest that HCV NS5A is associated with the core of the low-density virus particles which exit the cell through a preexisting endosome/exosome pathway and may contribute to HCV natural infection. Both NS5A and Core proteins are found to be closely associated with and co-transported along the microtubules from the perinuclear region of cells via the LDs and endosomes to the plasma membrane. (A) The HCV-infected cells (at day 10 p.i.) were labeled with antibodies specific for Core protein (red) and NS5A (green) (upper row) or NS4B (green) (lower row). ./cache/cord-307934-84zfabti.txt ./txt/cord-307934-84zfabti.txt