Attenuation of bunyamwera orthobunyavirus replication by targeted mutagenesis of genomic untranslated regions and creation of viable viruses with minimal genome segments

Journal of Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 13672-13678

  Mazel Sanchez, Béryl ^a,b   Elliott, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BUNYAMWERA VIRUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL STRAIN BHK; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE; VIRUS ATTENUATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS PLAQUE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TITRATION;

ANIMALS; BUNYAMWERA VIRUS; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; GENOME, VIRAL; MUTAGENESIS; SERIAL PASSAGE; UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BUNYAMWERA VIRUS; BUNYAVIRIDAE; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS;

EID: 84870659146     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02253-12     Document Type: Article

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