Article
[Isolation of spontaneous mutants from influenza A virus recombinants after several plaque passages in embryonic chicken cells].
Virologie - 1 Jan 2000
Herrmann B
Abstract excerpt
Clones with larger plaques (2.5-4 mm in diameter) could be isolated after sequential passages of influenza virus recombinants A/Greifswald 6/74 X A/PR8/34 (H3N1) and A/Bangkok 1/79 X A/PR8/34 (H3N1 and H3N2) in chick embryo cells. In addition to the large plaques, very small ones (1-1.5 mm in diameter) could be regularly observed in a proportion of about 10% at subsequent passages of these variants. The clones...
Topics
- Animals
- Cells, Cultured
- Chick Embryo
- Genes, Viral
- Influenza A virus
- Mutation
- Recombination, Genetic
- Viral Plaque Assay
