Article
Enhancement of pathogenicity of Newcastle disease virus by alteration of specific amino acid residues in the surface glycoproteins F and HN.
Avian diseases - 1 Jun 2006
Römer-Oberdörfer Angela, Veits Jutta, Werner Ortrud, Mettenleiter Thomas C
Abstract excerpt
Recombinant viruses were rescued after site-specific mutagenesis of a full-length clone of the lentogenic Newcastle disease virus (NDV) strain Clone 30. To assess the contribution of different amino acids to virulence, specific alterations were introduced into the fusion (F) protein and in the hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) protein based on sequence comparison between NDV strains of different virulence....
Topics
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Animals
- Cell Line
- Chick Embryo
- DNA, Complementary
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Mutation
- Newcastle disease virus
- Quail
- Viral Envelope Proteins
- Virulence
