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Entry of pseudorabies virus into CHO cells is blocked at the level of penetration

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Replication of pseudorabies virus (PrV) in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, a cell line naturally resistant to infection by herpesviruses, is blocked at the level of penetration. Virions bound to the surface of CHO cells are taken up into cytoplasmic vesicles and degraded.

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  1. Institute for Clinical and Experimental Virology, Free University of Berlin, Berlin

    D. Sawitzky & K. O. Habermehl

  2. Abbott Diagnostic Products GmbH, Wiesbaden, Germany

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Sawitzky, D., Hampl, H. & Habermehl, K.O. Entry of pseudorabies virus into CHO cells is blocked at the level of penetration. Archives of Virology 115, 309–316 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01310539

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