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Impaired antiviral response and alpha/beta interferon induction in mice lacking beta interferon.
Journal of virology - 1 Apr 2000
Deonarain R, Alcamí A, Alexiou M, Dallman M J, Gewert D R, Porter A C
Abstract excerpt
We have generated mice lacking the gene for beta interferon and report that they are highly susceptible to vaccinia virus infection. Furthermore, in cultured embryo fibroblasts, viral induction of alpha interferon and of 2-5A synthetase genes is impaired. We also show that beta interferon does not prime its own expression.
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