Article
NSs protein of Rift Valley fever virus blocks interferon production by inhibiting host gene transcription.
Journal of virology - 1 Sept 2004
Billecocq Agnès, Spiegel Martin, Vialat Pierre, Kohl Alain, Weber Friedemann, Bouloy Michèle, Haller Otto
Abstract excerpt
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is an important cause of epizootics and epidemics in Africa and a potential agent of bioterrorism. A better understanding of the factors that govern RVFV virulence and pathogenicity is required, given the urgent need for antiviral therapies and safe vaccines. We have previously shown that RVFV strains with mutations in the NSs gene are excellent inducers of alpha/beta interferon...
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