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Viral Cell-to-Cell Transmission—Why Less Is More

During cell-to-cell transmission, only a minute fraction of viral genomes contribute to the progeny. A new study reveals the underlying stochastic processes and explains why these are advantageous for the virus.

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Autor principal: Richardson, Lauren A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4363663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25781563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002095
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spelling pubmed-43636632015-03-23 Viral Cell-to-Cell Transmission—Why Less Is More Richardson, Lauren A. PLoS Biol Synopsis During cell-to-cell transmission, only a minute fraction of viral genomes contribute to the progeny. A new study reveals the underlying stochastic processes and explains why these are advantageous for the virus. Public Library of Science 2015-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC4363663/ /pubmed/25781563 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002095 Text en © 2015 Lauren A. Richardson http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4363663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25781563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002095
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