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Agnogene deletion in a novel pathogenic JC virus isolate impairs VP1 expression and virion production.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Ellis Laura C, Norton Elizabeth, Dang Xin, Koralnik Igor J
Abstract excerpt
Infection of glial cells by the human polyomavirus JC (JCV) causes progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). JCV Encephalopathy (JCVE) is a newly identified disease characterized by JCV infection of cortical pyramidal neurons. The virus JCVCPN associated with JCVE contains a unique 143 base pair deletion in the agnogene. Contrary to most JCV brain isolates, JCVCPN has an archetype-like regulatory region...
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