Article
Cloning and expression of the nucleoprotein of peste des petits ruminants virus in baculovirus for use in serological diagnosis.
Virology - 20 Apr 1995
Ismail T M, Yamanaka M K, Saliki J T, el-Kholy A, Mebus C, Yilma T
Abstract excerpt
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a viral disease of goats and sheep characterized by erosive stomatitis, enteritis, and pneumonia. The virus is a member of the family Paramyxoviridae and the genus Morbillivirus. The disease has high morbidity and mortality rates and has a substantial economic...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral
- Baculoviridae
- Base Sequence
- Capsid
- Cell Line
- Cloning, Molecular
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Gene Expression
- Genes, Viral
- Genetic Variation
- Genetic Vectors
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Molecular Weight
- Morbillivirus Infections
- Nigeria
- Peste-des-petits-ruminants virus