Identification of adult mouse neurovirulence determinants of the Sindbis virus strain AR86

Journal of Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 4219-4228

  Suthar, Mehul S ^a   Shabman, Reed ^a   Madric, Kenya ^a   Lambeth, Cassandra ^a   Heise, Mark T ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CODON; GENE MAPPING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINDBIS VIRUS; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENES, VIRAL; MICE; MUTATION; PLAQUE ASSAY; SEQUENCE DELETION; SINDBIS VIRUS; SPINAL CORD; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRULENCE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 15244356322     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.79.7.4219-4228.2005     Document Type: Article

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