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| Quadros,V.L.; Mayer,S.V.; Vogel,F.S.F.; Weiblen,R.; Brum,M.C.S.; Arenhart,S.; Flores,E.F.. |
| Calves born persistently infected with non-cytopathic bovine viral diarrhea virus (ncpBVDV) frequently develop a fatal gastroenteric illness called mucosal disease. Both the original virus (ncpBVDV) and an antigenically identical but cytopathic virus (cpBVDV) can be isolated from animals affected by mucosal disease. Cytopathic BVDVs originate from their ncp counterparts by diverse genetic mechanisms, all leading to the expression of the non-structural polypeptide NS3 as a discrete protein. In contrast, ncpBVDVs express only the large precursor polypeptide, NS2-3, which contains the NS3 sequence within its carboxy-terminal half. We report here the investigation of the mechanism leading to NS3 expression in 41 cpBVDV isolates. An RT-PCR strategy was employed... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Bovine viral diarrhea virus; CpBVDV; NS3 gene; Cytopathology; RNA processing. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006000700012 |
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