Amino acid substitution at position 95 in rabies virus matrix protein affects viral pathogenicity

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1363-1366

  Ito, Naoto ^a   Mita, Tetsuo ^a   Shimizu, Kenta ^a   Ito, Yuki ^a   Masatani, Tatsunori ^a   Nakagawa, Keisuke ^a   Yamaoka, Satoko ^a   Abe, Masako ^a   Okadera, Kota ^a   Minamoto, Nobuyuki ^a   Sugiyama, Makoto ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Matrix protein; Pathogenicity; Rabies virus

Indexed keywords

MATRIX PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MORTALITY; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MICE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS;

MUS; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 80055087843     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.11-0151     Document Type: Article

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