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Increased hepatotropism of mutants of MHV, strain JHM, selected with monoclonal antibodies. 1987

J L Leibowitz, and J R DeVries, and M Rodriguez

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas, Health Science Center, Houston 77225.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009154	Mutation	Any detectable and heritable change in the genetic material that causes a change in the GENOTYPE and which is transmitted to daughter cells and to succeeding generations.	Mutations
D003333	Coronaviridae Infections	Virus diseases caused by CORONAVIRIDAE.	Infections, Coronaviridae,Coronaviridae Infection,Infection, Coronaviridae
D004679	Encephalomyelitis	A general term indicating inflammation of the BRAIN and SPINAL CORD, often used to indicate an infectious process, but also applicable to a variety of autoimmune and toxic-metabolic conditions. There is significant overlap regarding the usage of this term and ENCEPHALITIS in the literature.	Myeloencephalitis,Encephalomyelitis, Inflammatory,Inflammatory Encephalomyelitis,Myeloencephalitides
D006517	Murine hepatitis virus	A species of the CORONAVIRUS genus causing hepatitis in mice. Four strains have been identified as MHV 1, MHV 2, MHV 3, and MHV 4 (also known as MHV-JHM, which is neurotropic and causes disseminated encephalomyelitis with demyelination as well as focal liver necrosis).	Gastroenteritis Virus, Murine,Hepatitis Virus, Mouse,Mouse Hepatitis Virus,Murine Gastroenteritis Virus,MHV-JHM,Murine coronavirus,Gastroenteritis Viruses, Murine,Hepatitis Viruses, Mouse,Mouse Hepatitis Viruses,Murine Gastroenteritis Viruses,Murine coronaviruses,Murine hepatitis viruses
D006524	Hepatitis, Viral, Animal	INFLAMMATION of the LIVER in animals due to viral infection.	Viral Hepatitis, Animal,Animal Viral Hepatitides,Animal Viral Hepatitis,Viral Hepatitides, Animal
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000911	Antibodies, Monoclonal	Antibodies produced by a single clone of cells.	Monoclonal Antibodies,Monoclonal Antibody,Antibody, Monoclonal
D014774	Virulence	The degree of pathogenicity within a group or species of microorganisms or viruses as indicated by case fatality rates and/or the ability of the organism to invade the tissues of the host. The pathogenic capacity of an organism is determined by its VIRULENCE FACTORS.	Pathogenicity