Structural gene (prME) chimeras of st louis encephalitis virus and West nile virus exhibit altered in vitro cytopathic and growth phenotypes

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-49

  Maharaj, Payal D ^a,b   Anishchenko, Michael ^a,b   Langevin, Stanley A ^b   Fang, Ying ^b   Reisen, William K ^b   Brault, Aaron C ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

AEDES; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; STRUCTURAL GENE; VERO CELL; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS MUTANT; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

AEDES; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHIMERA; CULICIDAE; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT, VIRAL; DUCKS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, ST. LOUIS; ENCEPHALITIS, ST. LOUIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 83755173079     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.033159-0     Document Type: Article

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