alpha virus

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(thing) by BioTech (9.1 mon) (print)   (I like it!) Wed Nov 10 2004 at 1:01:15

Alpha viruses are the major viruses in the Togavirus group and include eastern and western equine encephalitis viruses, the Sindbis virus and the Semliki Forest virus. The last two viruses are being researched as vectors for expressing heterologous genes.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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