HCMV IE1/2 PROTEINS BLOCK APOPTOSIS INDUCED BY TNF-ALPHA
IMAGED WITH JEOL 840 SEM
EXPERIMENT BY DR. HUA ZHU FROM THE LAB OF DR. THOMAS
E. SHENK
IMAGED ON JEOL 840 SCANNING EM
BY JOE GOODHOUSE
A) HELA CELLS CONSTITUTIVELY EXPRESSING
B) HELA CELLS NOT EXPRESSING THE VIRAL
HCMV IE1/2 PROTEINS
RESISTANT TO
PROTEINS DIE FROM APOPTOSIS INDUCED
TNF-ALPHA TREATMENT
BY TNF-ALPHA. NOTE MEMBRANE SHRINKAGE
AND BLEBBING