Plaque formation by Japanese encephalitis virus bound to mosquito C6/36 cells after low pH exposure on the cell surface

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 118-120

  Nawa, Masaru ^a   Machida, Sanae ^a   Takasaki, Tomohiko ^b   Kurane, Ichiro ^b  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE INHIBITOR; BAFILOMYCIN A1;

ACIDITY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PH; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PLAQUE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, JAPANESE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE FUSION; PLAQUE ASSAY; VIRUS ATTACHMENT;

EID: 34347344857     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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