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Mutation of the protein kinase C site in borna disease virus phosphoprotein abrogates viral interference with neuronal signaling and restores normal synaptic activity.
PLoS pathogens - 1 May 2009
Prat Christine M A, Schmid Sonja, Farrugia Fanny, Cenac Nicolas, Le Masson Gwendal, Schwemmle Martin, Gonzalez-Dunia Daniel
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Understanding the pathogenesis of infection by neurotropic viruses represents a major challenge and may improve our knowledge of many human neurological diseases for which viruses are thought to play a role. Borna disease virus (BDV) represents an attractive model system to analyze the molecular mechanisms whereby a virus can persist in the central nervous system (CNS) and lead to altered brain function, in the...
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