Figure 2From: Thiol-reactive reagents inhibits intracellular trafficking of human papillomavirus type 16 pseudovirions by binding to cysteine residues of major capsid protein L1Infectivity of the 16PVs that have bound to BPEOIA, NEM, DTNB, MBTA, or MTSET. The 16PVs were incubated with the thiol-reactive reagent indicated at 37°C for 2 h. The samples were diluted by 1000-fold and added to HeLa cells. The cells were incubated for 2 days and harvested. The cells expressing EGFP were counted by a FACS. BPEOIA: biotin polyethyleneoxide iodoacetamid, NEM: N-ethylmaleimide, DTNB: 5,5'-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid), MBTA: 4-(N-maleimido)benzyl-trimethylammonium iodide, MTSET: [2-(trimethylammonium)ethyl] methanethiosulfonate bromide.Back to article page