A five-amino-acid deletion of the eastern equine encephalitis virus capsid protein attenuates replication in mammalian systems but not in mosquito cells

Journal of Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 6972-6983

  Aguilar, Patricia V ^a   Leung, Lawrence W ^a   Wang, Eryu ^b,c   Weaver, Scott C ^b,c   Basler, Christopher F ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; INTERFERON; MUTANT PROTEIN; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSECT CELL; MAMMAL CELL; MOSQUITO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; VERO CELL; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS ATTENUATION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE;

EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MAMMALIA; MIRIDAE; MUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CAPSID PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CULICIDAE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, EASTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, EQUINE; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; MICE; SEQUENCE DELETION; VIRULENCE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 47049090363     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01283-07     Document Type: Article

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