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Pathogenesis of herpes simplex virus type 2 virion host shutoff (vhs) mutants.
Journal of virology - 1 Mar 2002
Smith Tracy J, Morrison Lynda A, Leib David A
Abstract excerpt
During lytic infection, the virion host shutoff (vhs) protein mediates the rapid degradation of mRNA and the shutoff of host protein synthesis. In vivo, herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) mutants lacking vhs activity are profoundly attenuated. Homologs of vhs exist in all of the neurotropic herpesviruses, and the goal of this study was to determine the virulence of HSV-2 mutants lacking vhs. Two HSV-2...
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