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Virulence of pigeon paramyxovirus type 1 does not always correlate with the cleavability of its fusion protein
9 Oct 2009
Abstract excerpt
Some pigeon paramyxovirus type 1 (PPMV-1) strains exhibit low virulence in chickens, despite their fusion (F) protein's multi-basic cleavage site. To elucidate the molecular basis of the low pathogenicity of these strains, we constructed an infectious full-length cDNA clone of PPMV-1 strain AV324. This strain is non-virulent for chickens, although its F protein contains the typical virulence motif...
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