The significance of the 3'-nontranslated region and E2 amino acid mutations in the virulence of Semliki Forest virus in mice

Virology

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 66-77

  Santagati, Maria G ^a   Määttä, Jorma A ^a   Röyttä, Matias ^a   Salmi, Aimo A ^a   Hinkkanen, Ari E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS RESISTANCE; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; RABBIT FIBROMA VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS;

EID: 0032579777     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1998.9031     Document Type: Article

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