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DNA ligase gene disruptions can depress viral growth and replication in poxvirus-infected cells.
Virus research - 1 Aug 1998
Parks R J, Winchcombe-Forhan C, DeLange A M, Xing X, Evans D H
Abstract excerpt
Poxvirus-encoded DNA ligases are assumed to play a role in viral DNA replication; however mutational inactivation of vaccinia ligase has not been reported to affect viral growth rates in culture. This communication re-examines this surprising aspect of poxviral biology using both Shope fibroma virus (SFV) and vaccinia virus. SFV and vaccinia ligase deficiencies create essentially identical phenotypes. In...
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