| Abstract: | Simultaneous infection of MDCK cells with influenza A and B viruses at an equal multiplicity of infection leads to the synthesis of the proteins of both viruses. In the population of virions the hemagglutinin of influenza B virus prevails, whereas NP proteins of both viruses are present in similar quantities. Trypsin treatment of the double-infected cells resulting in the cleavage of the hemagglutinin molecules at the cell surface allows revealing the predominance of influenza B hemagglutinin on cell surface, although both hemagglutinins are accumulated in the cells. An impairment of the hemagglutinin transport to the cell surface as a possible additional mechanism of heterotypic interference and its possible effect on the polypeptide content of the phenotypically mixed virions are discussed. |
