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Elimination of ie1 significantly attenuates murine cytomegalovirus virulence but does not alter replicative capacity in cell culture.
Journal of virology - 1 Jun 2005
Ghazal Peter, Visser Astrid E, Gustems Montse, García Rosalía, Borst Eva Maria, Sullivan Kevin, Messerle Martin, Angulo Ana
Abstract excerpt
The major immediate-early (MIE) genes of cytomegaloviruses (CMV) are broadly thought to be decisive regulators of lytic replication and reactivation from latency. To directly assess the role of the MIE protein IE1 during the infection of murine CMV (MCMV), we constructed an MCMV with exon 4 of the ie1 gene deleted. We found that, independent of the multiplicity of infection, the resulting recombinant virus,...
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