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TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 16, Issue 10, Pages 472-479Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2008.07.009
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- MRC
- BBSRC
- Wellcome Trust
- EU
- Croucher Foundation from Hong Kong
- BBSRC research studentship
- MRC [G0501257] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G0501257] Funding Source: researchfish
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Vaccinia virus is the smallpox vaccine. It is the most intensively studied poxvirus, and its study has provided important insights about virus replication in general and the interactions of viruses with the host cell and immune system. Here, the entry, morphogenesis and dissemination of vaccinia virus are considered. These processes are complicated by the existence of two infectious vaccinia virus particles, called intracellular mature virus (IMV) and extracellular enveloped virus (EEV). The IMV particle is surrounded by one membrane, and the EEV particle comprises an IMV particle enclosed within a second lipid membrane containing several viral antigens. Consequently, these virions have different biological properties and play different roles in the virus life cycle.
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