Generation and Characterization of Closely Related Epizootic and Enzootic Infectious cDNA Clones for Studying Interferon Sensitivity and Emergence Mechanisms of Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus

Journal of Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Anishchenko, Michael ^a,b   Paessler, Slobodan ^a,b   Greene, Ivorlyne P ^a,b   Aguilar, Patricia V ^a,b   Carrara, Anne Sophie ^a,b   Weaver, Scott C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AMINO ACID; BETA INTERFERON; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INTERFERON;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIREMIA; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CRICETINAE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTERFERON-BETA; MICE; VERO CELLS; VIRULENCE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0346365305     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.1.1-8.2004     Document Type: Article

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