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Efficient virus extinction by combinations of a mutagen and antiviral inhibitors.
Journal of virology - 1 Oct 2001
Pariente N, Sierra S, Lowenstein P R, Domingo E
Abstract excerpt
The effect of combinations of the mutagenic base analog 5-fluorouracil (FU) and the antiviral inhibitors guanidine hydrochloride (G) and heparin (H) on the infectivity of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) in cell culture has been investigated. Related FMDV clones differing up to 10(6)-fold in relative fitness in BHK-21 cells have been compared. Systematic extinction of intermediate fitness virus was attained...
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