A single amino acid change in the E2 glycoprotein of sindbis virus confers neurovirulence by altering an early step of virus replication

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 6100-6105

  Dropulic, Lesia K ^a   Hardwick, J Marie ^a   Griffin, Diane E ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN BHK; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINDBIS VIRUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 0030740065     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.8.6100-6105.1997     Document Type: Article

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