A single-site mutant and revertants arising in vivo define early steps in the pathogenesis of venezuelan equine encephalitis virus

Virology

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 111-123

  Aronson, Judith F ^a,b   Grieder, Franziska B ^a,c   Davis, Nancy L ^a   Charles, Peter C ^a   Knott, Travis ^a   Brown, Kevin ^a   Johnston, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERTANT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; EQUIDAE; RNA VIRUSES; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0034712875     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.2000.0241     Document Type: Article

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