Article
RNA virus population diversity, an optimum for maximal fitness and virulence.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 24 Oct 2014
Korboukh Victoria K, Lee Cheri A, Acevedo Ashley, Vignuzzi Marco, Xiao Yinghong, Arnold Jamie J, Hemperly Stephen, Graci Jason D, August Avery, Andino Raul, Cameron Craig E
Abstract excerpt
The ability of an RNA virus to exist as a population of genetically distinct variants permits the virus to overcome events during infections that would otherwise limit virus multiplication or drive the population to extinction. Viral genetic diversity is created by the ribonucleotide misincorpora...
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