Amelioration of influenza virus pathogenesis in chickens attributed to the enhanced interferon-inducing capacity of a virus with a truncated NS1 gene

Journal of Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1838-1847

  Cauthen, Angela N ^a,c   Swayne, David E ^a   Sekellick, Margaret J ^b   Marcus, Philip I ^b   Suarez, David L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c LAGRANGE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HYBRID PROTEIN; INTERFERON; PROTEIN NS1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE INDUCTION; INFLAMMATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; NONHUMAN; NS1 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (BIRD); VIROGENESIS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TITRATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; GENE DELETION; INFLAMMATION; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INTERFERONS; KIDNEY; LUNG; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 33846849603     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01667-06     Document Type: Article

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