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2B and 2C mutations are essential but mutations throughout the genome of HAV contribute to adaptation to cell culture.
Virology - 1 Jun 1993
Emerson S U, Huang Y K, Purcell R H
Abstract excerpt
Chimeric viruses constructed from various portions of two infectious cDNA clones representing the genomes of the wild-type and cell culture-adapted mutants of the HM-175 strain of hepatitis A virus were compared for their ability to replicate in cultures of fetal rhesus kidney cells. Mutations located in either the 5' or 3' third of the genome could markedly enhance growth in vitro but only when they were...
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