Expression and evolutionary analysis of West Nile virus (Merion Strain)

Journal of NeuroVirology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 544-556

  Ramanathan, Mathura P ^a   Chambers, Jerome A ^a   Taylor, Jesse ^b   Korber, Bette T ^c   Lee, Mark D ^a   Nalca, Aysegul ^d   Dang, Kesan ^a   Pankhong, Panyupa ^e   Attatippaholkun, Watcharee ^e   Weiner, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Merion strain; Phylogenetic analysis; West Nile virus; WNV antigens; WNV pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN TISSUE; BREAST MILK; CANADA; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; MEXICO; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CELL LINE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 31144450049     PISSN: 13550284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13550280500385229     Document Type: Article

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