The Mutation of the Genes Related to Neurovirulence in HSV-2 Produces an Attenuated Phenotype in Mice

HSV-2 (Herpes simplex virus type 2) is a critical viral agent that mainly causes genital herpes and life-long latent infection in the dorsal root ganglia. Gene modification via CRISPR/Cas9 Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat sequences/CRISPR associated 9) was used here to constr...

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Main Authors: Lei Liu, Jishuai Cheng, Tangwei Mou, Ying Zhang, Xingli Xu, Jingjing Zhang, Xueqi Li, Xiao Feng, Xiangxiong Xu, Yun Liao, Shengtao Fan, Lichun Wang, Guorun Jiang, Qihan Li
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
Series:Viruses
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/7/770