Analysis of intrahost variation in Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus reveals repeated deletions in the 6-kilodalton protein gene

Journal of Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 8709-8717

  Forrester, N L ^a,b   Guerbois, M ^a,b   Adams, A P ^a,b   Liang, X ^a,b   Weaver, S C ^a,b  

^a Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS PLAQUE; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; GENETIC VARIATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MESOCRICETUS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE DELETION; VIRAL PROTEINS;

RNA VIRUSES; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 80052291492     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00165-11     Document Type: Article

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