Attenuation of tick-borne encephalitis virus using large-scale random codon re-encoding.

Large-scale codon re-encoding (i.e. introduction of a large number of synonymous mutations) is a novel method of generating attenuated viruses. Here, it was applied to the pathogenic flavivirus, tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) which causes febrile illness and encephalitis in humans in forested...

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Main Authors: Lauriane de Fabritus, Antoine Nougairède, Fabien Aubry, Ernest A Gould, Xavier de Lamballerie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-03-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4348424?pdf=render