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Mutations in the NS1 protein of swine influenza virus impair anti-interferon activity and confer attenuation in pigs.
Journal of virology - 1 Jun 2005
Solórzano Alicia, Webby Richard J, Lager Kelly M, Janke Bruce H, García-Sastre Adolfo, Richt Jürgen A
Abstract excerpt
It has been shown previously that the nonstructural protein NS1 of influenza virus is an alpha/beta interferon (IFN-alpha/beta) antagonist, both in vitro and in experimental animal model systems. However, evidence of this function in a natural host has not yet been obtained. Here we investigated the role of the NS1 protein in the virulence of a swine influenza virus (SIV) isolate in pigs by using reverse...
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