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A single-nucleotide polymorphism in a herpesvirus DNA polymerase is sufficient to cause lethal neurological disease.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2009
Van de Walle Gerlinde R, Goupil Ryan, Wishon Cassandra, Damiani Armando, Perkins Gillian A, Osterrieder Nikolaus
Abstract excerpt
Epidemiological studies have shown that a single-nucleotide polymorphism in the equid herpesvirus type 1 DNA polymerase gene is associated with outbreaks of highly lethal neurological disease in horses. Reverse genetics experiments further demonstrated that a G(2254) A(2254) nucleotide mutation introduced in neurovirulent strain Ab4, which resulted in an asparagine for aspartic acid substitution (D(752) N(752)),...
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