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The immediate-early protein, ICP0, is essential for the resistance of herpes simplex virus to interferon-alpha/beta.
Virology - 15 Feb 2002
Härle Peter, Sainz Bruno, Carr Daniel J J, Halford William P
Abstract excerpt
Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is resistant to the antiviral effects of interferon (IFN)-alpha, -beta, or -gamma. The fact that ICP0(-) mutants replicate like wild-type virus in IFN-alpha/beta receptor knockout mice (Leib et al., 1999, J. Exp. Med. 189, 663) suggested that ICP0 may serve a direct role in the resistance of HSV-1 to IFN. To test this hypothesis, the effects of IFN-alpha, -beta, and -gamma were...
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