Sequence-Specific Fidelity Alterations Associated with West Nile Virus Attenuation in Mosquitoes

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Van Slyke, Greta A ^a   Arnold, Jamie J ^b   Lugo, Alex J ^b   Griesemer, Sara B ^a   Moustafa, Ibrahim M ^b   Kramer, Laura D ^a,c   Cameron, Craig E ^b   Ciota, Alexander T ^a,c  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5; RIBAVIRIN; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BHK CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST RESISTANCE; INSECT SWARM; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VIRUS ATTENUATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; WEST NILE VIRUS; ANIMAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOSQUITO; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; VIROLOGY;

ARBOVIRUS; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; VERTEBRATA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULICIDAE; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MUTATION; RNA REPLICASE; VIRUS REPLICATION; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84936758206     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005009     Document Type: Article

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