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Viral mutation accelerated by nitric oxide production during infection in vivo.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 1 Jul 2000
Akaike T, Fujii S, Kato A, Yoshitake J, Miyamoto Y, Sawa T, Okamoto S, Suga M, Asakawa M, Nagai Y, Maeda H
Abstract excerpt
Nitric oxide (NO), superoxide (O(2)(-)), and their reaction product peroxynitrite (ONOO(-)) are generated in excess during a host's response against viral infection, and contribute to viral pathogenesis by promoting oxidative stress and tissue injury. Here we demonstrate that NO and peroxynitrite greatly accelerates the mutation of Sendai virus (SeV), a nonsegmented negative-strand RNA virus, by using green...
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