A single amino acid change in the glycoprotein of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus is associated with the ability to cause growth hormone deficiency syndrome

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 8438-8443

  Teng, Michael N ^a,b   Borrow, Persephone ^a   Oldstone, Michael B A ^a   De La Torre, Juan C ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0029861655     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.12.8438-8443.1996     Document Type: Article

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