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The stem loop II within the 5' nontranslated region of clinical coxsackievirus B3 genomes determines cardiovirulence phenotype in a murine model.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 May 2003
Dunn James J, Bradrick Shelton S, Chapman Nora M, Tracy Steven M, Romero José R
Abstract excerpt
Coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3) is a principal viral cause of acute myocarditis in humans and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of dilated cardiomyopathy. It has been demonstrated elsewhere that, for 2 wild-type CVB3 strains, the primary molecular determinant of cardiovirulence phenotype localizes to the 5' nontranslated region (5' NTR). Here in this study, through construction of CVB3 chimeras, the predicted stem...
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