Article
The pathogenicity of ribonucleotide reductase-null mutants of herpes simplex virus type 1 in mice.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Dec 1991
Yamada Y, Kimura H, Morishima T, Daikoku T, Maeno K, Nishiyama Y
Abstract excerpt
The pathogenicity of ribonucleotide reductase (RR)-null mutants (hrR3 and ICP6 delta) of herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 was studied after intracerebral and corneal inoculation in newborn and adult ICR mice. ICP6 delta failed to replicate in brains of mice greater than or equal to 8 days old but exhibited significant virulence for newborn mice as a result of viral replication in the brains. The RR- and a...
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Brain
- DNA, Viral
- Eye
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred ICR
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Ribonucleotide Reductases
- Simplexvirus
