A conserved African swine fever virus right variable region gene, I1 1L, is non-essential for growth in vitro and virulence in domestic swine

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1189-1195

  Kleiboeker, S B ^a   Kutish, G F ^a   Neilan, J G ^a   Lu, Z ^a   Zsak, L ^a   Rock, D L ^a  

^a PLUM ISLAND ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VIRUS RNA;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMALIA; CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER VIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; RNA VIRUSES; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 0031924506     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-79-5-1189     Document Type: Article

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