RNA virus error catastrophe: Direct molecular test by using ribavirin
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RNA virus error catastrophe: direct molecular test by using ribavirin.
RNA viruses evolve rapidly. One source of this ability to rapidly change is the apparently high mutation frequency in RNA virus populations. A high mutation frequency is a central tenet of the quasispecies theory. A corollary of the quasispecies theory postulates that, given their high mutation frequency, animal RNA viruses may be susceptible to error catastrophe, where they undergo a sharp dro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.111085598