Article
Evolution of mouse hepatitis virus (MHV) during chronic infection: quasispecies nature of the persisting MHV RNA.
Virology - 1 Jun 1995
Adami C, Pooley J, Glomb J, Stecker E, Fazal F, Fleming J O, Baker S C
Abstract excerpt
Coronavirus infection of mice has been used extensively as a model for the study of acute encephalitis and chronic demyelination. To examine the evolution of coronavirus RNA during chronic demyelinating infection, we isolated RNA from intracerebrally inoculated mice at 4, 6, 8, 13, 20, and 42 days postinfection and used reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction amplification methods (RT-PCR) to detect viral...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Biological Evolution
- Brain
- Cell Line
- Cloning, Molecular
- Codon
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Complementary
- Genetic Variation
