A severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus that lacks the E gene is attenuated in vitro and in vivo

Journal of Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1701-1713

  DeDiego, Marta L ^a   Álvarez, Enrique ^a   Almazán, Fernando ^a   Rejas, María Teresa ^a   Lamirande, Elaine ^b   Roberts, Anjeanette ^b   Shieh, Wun Ju ^c   Zaki, Sherif R ^c   Subbarao, Kanta ^b   Enjuanes, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVELOPE PROTEIN; LIVE VACCINE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; DELETION MUTANT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVELOPE GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SARS CORONAVIRUS; STRUCTURAL GENE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VERO CELL; VIRION; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TITRATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CACO-2 CELLS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CRICETINAE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SARS VIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VERO CELLS; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRICETINAE; SARS CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 33846787144     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01467-06     Document Type: Article

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