| Literature DB >> 12134050 |
Jennifer Moffat1, Hideki Ito, Marvin Sommer, Shannon Taylor, Ann M Arvin.
Abstract
Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) glycoprotein I (gI) is dispensable in cell culture; the SCIDhu model of VZV pathogenesis was used to determine whether gI is necessary in vivo. The parental and repaired viruses grew in human skin and thymus/liver implants, but the gI deletion mutant was not infectious. Thus, gI is essential for VZV infectivity in skin and T cells.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12134050 PMCID: PMC155157 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.16.8468-8471.2002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103