Amino acid changes in the sindbis virus E2 glycoprotein that increase neurovirulence improve entry into neuroblastoma cells

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 6106-6112

  Tucker, Pamela C ^a,b   Lee, Swu Hua ^a,c   Bui, Nam ^a,d   Martinie, Daniel ^a,e   Griffin, Diane E ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN BHK; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 1842416505     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.8.6106-6112.1997     Document Type: Article

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