| Literature DB >> 24928033 |
Nicholas L Baird1, Jacqueline L Bowlin1, Xiaoli Yu1, Stipan Jonjić2, Jürgen Haas3, Randall J Cohrs4, Don Gilden5.
Abstract
Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is an exclusively human neurotropic alphaherpesvirus. It is unclear why human neurons infected in vitro with VZV at low multiplicity of infection do not exhibit a cytopathic effect (CPE) even though all VZV genes are transcribed, VZV proteins from all kinetic classes are translated and minimal infectious virus is produced. Here, we show that the lack of VZV-induced CPE correlates with the low abundance of viral DNA.Entities:
Keywords: Human neurons; Tissue culture; VZV DNA
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24928033 PMCID: PMC4108071 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2014.04.014
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Virology ISSN: 0042-6822 Impact factor: 3.616