| Literature DB >> 2555569 |
R P Roos1, S Stein, Y Ohara, J L Fu, B L Semler.
Abstract
The DA strain and other members of the TO subgroup of Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis viruses cause a persistent demyelinating infection, whereas the GDVII strain and other GDVII subgroup strains cause an acute lethal polioencephalomyelitis. We generated an infectious DA cDNA clone inserted into a transcription vector. Virus derived from transfection of transcripts produced a demyelinating disease indistinguishable from that of wild-type virus. The infectious clone provides a critical reagent for the production of interstrain recombinant viruses to help identify genetic loci responsible for the biological activities of the strains.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2555569 PMCID: PMC251223 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.63.12.5492-5496.1989
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103