id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-342825-s8ddek2f Kim, Ye Ji Consecutive Inhibition of ISG15 Expression and ISGylation by Cytomegalovirus Regulators 2016-08-26 .txt text/plain 10236 535 49 RNA interference of UBE1L (E1), UbcH8 (E2), Herc5 (E3), and UBP43 (ISG15 protease) revealed that ISGylation inhibits HCMV growth by downregulating viral gene expression and virion release in a manner that is more prominent at low multiplicity of infection. This result suggests that an indirect effect of virus infection on neighboring uninfected cells is responsible for the greater induction of ISG15 and protein ISGylation by HCMV than by UV-HCMV at low MOIs. Since HCMV IE1 inhibits the activation of ISRE-containing promoters by sequestering STAT2 [58] [59] [60] and PML [61] , IE1 expression may be responsible for the suppression of free ISG15 and ISG15 conjugate levels during HCMV infection. In addition to IE1, the presence of additional viral functions that downregulate protein ISGylation was prompted by our observation that UV-HCMV infection resulted in a higher level of ISG15 conjugates than IE1-deleted mutant virus at late times (Fig 2B) . ./cache/cord-342825-s8ddek2f.txt ./txt/cord-342825-s8ddek2f.txt