The molecular biology of frog virus 3 and other iridoviruses infecting cold-blooded vertebrates

Viruses

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1959-1985

  Gregory Chinchar, V ^a   Yu, Kwang H ^a   Jancovich, James K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense morpholino oligonucleotides; Ectothermic vertebrates; Iridoviridae; Knock out mutants; Ranavirus; Viral gene function; Virus replication

Indexed keywords

DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHATASE; HISTONE BINDING PROTEIN; ICP46 PROTEIN; INITIATION FACTOR 2ALPHA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SGIV 18K PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM VIRUS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DNA VIRUS INFECTION; FROG VIRUS 3; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GROUPER IRIDOVIRUS; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IRIDOVIRUS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW; SINGAPORE GROUPER IRIDOVIRUS; SOFT SHELLED TURTLE IRIDOVIRUS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TIGER FROG VIRUS; VERTEBRATE; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS ENTRY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANTISENSE MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; ECTOTHERMIC VERTEBRATES; IRIDOVIRIDAE; KNOCK OUT MUTANTS; RANAVIRUS; VIRAL GENE FUNCTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; GENOME, VIRAL; IRIDOVIRIDAE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RANAVIRUS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPTILES; VERTEBRATES; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

FROG VIRUS 3; IRIDOVIRIDAE; IRIDOVIRUS; RANAVIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80055001131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v3101959     Document Type: Review

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