Vector Infection Determinants of Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Reside within the E2 Envelope Glycoprotein
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Vector infection determinants of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus reside within the E2 envelope glycoprotein.
Epizootic subtype IAB and IC Venezuelan equine encephalitis viruses (VEEV) readily infect the epizootic mosquito vector Aedes taeniorhynchus. The inability of enzootic subtype IE viruses to infect this mosquito species provides a model system for the identification of natural viral determinants of vector infectivity. To map mosquito infection determinants, reciprocal chimeric viruses generated ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Virology
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0022-538X,1098-5514
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.12.6387-6392.2002