Agnogene deletion in a novel pathogenic JC virus isolate impairs VP1 expression and virion production

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Ellis, Laura C ^a,b   Norton, Elizabeth ^a,c   Dang, Xin ^a   Koralnik, Igor J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Harvard Program in Virology   (United States)

^c BIOGEN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN VP1; VIRUS DNA;

AGNOGENE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GENE DELETION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JC VIRUS; KIDNEY CELL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VIRION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; CAPSID PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENE ORDER; HUMANS; JC VIRUS; NEUROGLIA; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL REGULATORY AND ACCESSORY PROTEINS; VIRION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84893010348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080840     Document Type: Article

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