A mouse-attenuated envelope protein variant of Murray Valley encephalitis virus with altered fusion activity

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2085-2088

  McMinn, Peter C ^a,b   Weir, Ronald C ^a   Dalgarno, Lynn ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVELOPE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; INTERNALIZATION; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERO CELL; VIRUS ATTENUATION; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTINATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; MURRAY VALLEY ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0029832515     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-77-9-2085     Document Type: Article

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