Distinct attenuation phenotypes caused by mutations in the translational starting window of Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 3190-3196

  Pilipenko, Evgeny V ^a,b   Viktorova, Ekaterina G ^a   Khitrina, Elena V ^a   Maslova, Svetlana V ^a   Jarousse, Nadine ^c   Brahic, Michel ^c   Agol, Vadim I ^a,b  

^a CHUMAKOV INSTITUTE OF POLIOMYELITIS AND VIRAL ENCEPHALITIDES   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA TEMPLATE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOUSE; MURINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLATION INITIATION; VIRUS ATTENUATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033020468     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.4.3190-3196.1999     Document Type: Article

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