Article
Characterization of temperature-sensitive Akabane virus mutants and their roles in attenuation.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 2007
Ogawa Y, Kato K, Tohya Y, Akashi H
Abstract excerpt
Akabane virus (AKAV) of the genus Orthobunyavirus in the family Bunyaviridae is an important animal pathogen; however, studies on AKAV biology are scarce. Therefore, we generated temperature-sensitive (ts) mutants of AKAV in order to study its pathogenesis. The ts AKAV mutants were generated by incubating the virulent OBE-1 strain with the chemical mutagen 5-fluorouracil. Each ts mutant was inoculated...
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Suckling
- Bunyaviridae
- Cell Line
- Cricetinae
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- RNA, Viral
- Temperature
- Vaccines, Attenuated
