Cell culture adaptation of astrovirus involves a deletion

J Virol. 1994 Sep;68(9):6057-8. doi: 10.1128/JVI.68.9.6057-6058.1994.

Abstract

Astroviruses have been adapted to culture by serial blind passage in primary human embryo cells. All viruses thus adapted possess a 45-nucleotide deletion relative to fecal viruses or isolates made in CaCo-2 cells; this deletion may be responsible for the change in host cell range.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Base Sequence
  • Cells, Cultured
  • DNA Primers / chemistry
  • Humans
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Mamastrovirus / genetics*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sequence Deletion
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Viral Proteins / chemistry
  • Viral Proteins / genetics
  • Virus Replication

Substances

  • DNA Primers
  • Viral Proteins