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MERS-CoV Accessory ORFs Play Key Role for Infection and Pathogenesis.
mBio - 22 Aug 2017
Menachery Vineet D, Mitchell Hugh D, Cockrell Adam S, Gralinski Lisa E, Yount Boyd L, Graham Rachel L, McAnarney Eileen T, Douglas Madeline G, Scobey Trevor, Beall Anne, Dinnon Kenneth, Kocher Jacob F, Hale Andrew E, Stratton Kelly G, Waters Katrina M, Baric Ralph S
Abstract excerpt
While dispensable for viral replication, coronavirus (CoV) accessory open reading frame (ORF) proteins often play critical roles during infection and pathogenesis. Utilizing a previously generated mutant, we demonstrate that the absence of all four Middle East respiratory syndrome CoV (MERS-CoV) accessory ORFs (deletion of ORF3, -4a, -4b, and -5 [dORF3-5]) has major implications for viral replication and...
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