| Literature DB >> 11742081 |
S U Emerson1, M Zhang, X J Meng, H Nguyen, M St Claire, S Govindarajan, Y K Huang, R H Purcell.
Abstract
Hepatitis E virus recombinant genomes transcribed in vitro from two cDNA clones differing by two nucleotides were infectious for chimpanzees. However, one cDNA clone encoded a virus that was attenuated for chimpanzees and unable to infect rhesus monkeys. The second cDNA clone encoded a virus that infected both chimpanzees and rhesus monkeys and caused acute hepatitis in both. One mutation differentiating the two clones identified a cis-reactive element that appeared to overlap the 3' end of the capsid gene and part of the 3' noncoding region. Capping of the RNA transcripts was essential for infectivity.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11742081 PMCID: PMC65019 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.251555098
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205