M. Westenberg

Publication List Details

Period

1999 - 2008

Number

30

Co-Authors

GP64 of group I nucleopolyhedroviruses cannot readily rescue infectivity of group II f-null nucleopolyhedroviruses (2008)

Westenberg, M., Vlak, J.M.

The genus Nucleopolyhedrovirus (NPV) of the family Baculoviridae can be subdivided phylogenetically into two groups. The same division can be made on the basis of their budded virus (BV) envelope...

Baculovirus envelope fusion proteins F and GP64 exploit distinct receptors to gain entry into cultured insect cells (2007)

Westenberg, M., Uijtdewilligen, P., Vlak, J.M.

Group II nucleopolyhedroviruses (NPVs), e.g. Helicoverpa armigera (Hear) NPV and Spodoptera exigua (Se) MNPV (multiple NPV), lack a GP64-like protein that is present in group I NPVs, e.g. Autographa...

Deletion of a Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus gene encoding a virion structural protein (OR1 07) increases the budded virion titre and reduces in vivo infectivity (2007)

Pan, X., Long, G., Wang, R.R., Hou, S., Wang, H., Zheng, Y., ...

The open reading frame Ha107 of Helicoverpa armigera single nucleocapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV) encodes a putative protein of 51 kDa with homologues in a few group II NPVs and a granulovirus....

Baculovirus envelope fusion proteins F and GHP64 exploit distinct receptors to gain entry into cultured insect cells (2007)

Westenberg, M., Uijtdewilligen, P., Vlak, J.M.

Group II nucleopolyhedroviruses (NPVs), e.g. Helicoverpa armigera (Hear) NPV and Spodoptera exigua (Se) MNPV (multiple NPV), lack a GP64-like protein that is present in group I NPVs, e.g. Autographa...

Function, oligomerization and N-linked glycosylation of the Helicoverpa armigera single nucleopolyhedrovirus envelope fusion protein (2006)

Long, G., Westenberg, M., Wang, H, Vlak, J.M., Hu, Z.

In the family Baculoviridae, two distinct envelope fusion proteins are identified in budded virions (BVs). GP64 is the major envelope fusion protein of group I nucleopolyhedrovirus (NPV) BVs. An...

Function, oligomerization and N-linked glycosylation of the Helicoverpa armigera single nucleopolyhedrovirus envelope fusion protein (2006)

Long, G., Pan, X., Westenberg, M., Vlak, J.M.

In the family Baculoviridae, two distinct envelope fusion proteins are identified in budded virions (BVs). GP64 is the major envelope fusion protein of group I nucleopolyhedrovirus (NPV) BVs. An...

Functional role of the cytoplasmic tail domain of the major envelope fusion protein of group II baculoviruses (2006)

Long, G., Pan, M., Westenberg, M., Vlak, J.M.

F proteins from baculovirus nucleopolyhedrovirus (NPV) group II members are the major budded virus (BV) viral envelope fusion proteins. They undergo furin-like proteolysis processing in order to be...

siRNA injection induces sequence-independent protection in Penaeus monodon against white spot syndrome virus (2005)

Westenberg, M., Heinhuis, B., Zuidema, D., Vlak, J.M.

White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) is a major disease in crustaceans, particularly shrimp, due to the current intensity of aquaculture practices. Novel strategies including vaccination to control this...

On the analogy of baculovirus and whispovirus DNA binding proteins (2005)

Westenberg, M., Witteveldt, J., Taludhar, E., Boyong, M.F., Vlak, J.M.

The baculovirus DNA-binding proteins P6.9 are involved in the condensation and packing of the dsDNA genome. These proteins are rich in arginines and serines, but differ in length among virus species...

Functional analysis of the putative fusion domain of the Baculovirus envelope fusion protein F (2004)

Westenberg, M., Veenman, F., Roode, E.C., Goldbach, R.W., Vlak, J.M.

Group II nucleopolyhedroviruses (NPVs), e.g., Spodoptera exigua MNPV, lack a GP64-like protein that is present in group I NPVs but have an unrelated envelope fusion protein named F. In contrast to...

Furin is involved in baculovirus envelope fusion protein activation (2002)

Westenberg, M., Wang, H., IJkel, W.F.J., Goldbach, R.W., Vlak, J.M., Zuidema, D.

The Spodoptera exigua multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (SeMNPV) Se8 gene was recently shown to encode the viral envelope fusion (F) protein. A 60-kDa C-terminal subunit (F1) of the 76-kDa primary...

Molecular characterization of Menangle Virus, a novel Paramyxovirus which infects pigs, fruit bats, and humans (2001)

Bowden, T.R., Westenberg, M., Wang, L.F., Eaton, B.T., Boyle, D.B.

Menangle virus (MenV), isolated in August 1997 following an outbreak of reproductive disease in a piggery in New South Wales, is the second previously unclassified member of the family...

A novel baculovirus envelope fusion protein with a proprotein convertase cleavage site (2000)

IJkel, W.F.J., Westenberg, M., Goldbach, R.W., Blissard, G.W., Vlak, J.M., Zuidema, D.

The entry mechanism of Spodoptera exigua multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (SeMNPV), a group II NPV, in cultured cells was examined. SeMNPV budded virus (BV) enters by endocytosis as do the BVs of the...

Identification of two major virion protein genes of white spot syndrome virus of shrimp (2000)

Hulten, M.C.W., Van, Westenberg, M., Goodall, S.D., Vlak, J.M.

White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) is an invertebrate virus, causing considerable mortality in shrimp. Two structural proteins of WSSV were identified. WSSV virions are enveloped nucleocapsids with a...