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Comparison of Lytic and Persistent Measles Virus Matrix Proteins by Competition Radioimmunoassay

Institute of Virology and Immunobiology, University of Würzburg, Versbacher Strasse 7, D-8700 Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany

Measles virus matrix (M) proteins were compared by competitive monoclonal antibody-binding studies. Three strains of measles and of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis viruses were found to be identical in this way. The matrix protein formed by Edmonston strain virus during a persistent infection could be distinguished from that made in the lytic virus infection. It is concluded that structural alterations in the M peptide can occur during persistence.

Keywords: measles, SSPE, matrix protein, monoclonal Abs, competitive binding

Received 1 February 1983; accepted 19 April 1983.