Article
Quantitation of relative fitness and great adaptability of clonal populations of RNA viruses.
Journal of virology - 1 Jun 1991
Holland J J, de la Torre J C, Clarke D K, Duarte E
Abstract excerpt
We describe a sensitive, internally controlled method for comparing the genetic adaptability and relative fitness of virus populations in constant or changing host environments. Certain monoclonal antibody-resistant mutants of vesicular stomatitis virus can compete equally during serial passages in mixtures with the parental wild-type clone from which they were derived. These genetically marked "surrogate...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Binding, Competitive
- Cell Line
- Cloning, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Mutation
- RNA Viruses
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Virus Replication
