A leaderless genome identified during persistent bovine coronavirus infection is associated with attenuation of gene expression.

The establishment of persistent viral infection is often associated with the selection of one or more mutant viruses. For example, it has been found that an intraleader open reading frame (ORF) in genomic and subgenomic mRNA (sgmRNA) molecules is selected during bovine coronavirus (BCoV) persistence...

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Main Authors: Ting-Yung Ke, Wei-Yu Liao, Hung-Yi Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3861326?pdf=render