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Disruption of differentiated functions during viral infection in vivo. V. Mapping of a locus involved in susceptibility of mice to growth hormone deficiency due to persistent lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection.
Virology - 1 Mar 2001
Bureau J F, Le Goff S, Thomas D, Parlow A F, de la Torre J C, Homann D, Brahic M, Oldstone M B
Abstract excerpt
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) Armstrong strain selectively and persistently infects the majority of growth hormone (GH) producing cells in the anterior lobe of pituitary glands of C3H/St mice but negligibly infects GH producing cells of BALB/WEHI mice (Oldstone et al., Virology 142, 175--182, 1985; Oldstone et al., Science 218, 1125--1127, 1982). Although infected GH cells remain free of structural...
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