Article
Characterization of a strain of murine cytomegalovirus which fails to grow in the salivary glands of mice.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Aug 1992
Boname J M, Chantler J K
Abstract excerpt
Characterization of a tissue culture-adapted strain of murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV), the Vancouver strain, which demonstrated altered tissue tropism in mice was undertaken to help understand the mechanism of pathogenesis of cytomegaloviruses. The Vancouver strain grew to a limited extent in the spleen but failed to grow in the salivary glands of inoculated mice. This mutation probably arose during multiple in...
Topics
- 3T3 Cells
- Animals
- Blotting, Southern
- Cytomegalovirus
- Female
- Genome, Viral
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Mutation
- Restriction Mapping
- Salivary Glands
- Viral Plaque Assay
