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SUBMITTER: Vuono EA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9320246 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vuono Elizabeth A EA Ramirez-Medina Elizabeth E Pruitt Sarah S Rai Ayushi A Espinoza Nallely N Silva Ediane E Velazquez-Salinas Lauro L Gladue Douglas P DP Borca Manuel V MV
Viruses 20220628 7
African swine fever (ASF) is a frequently lethal disease of domestic and wild swine currently producing a pandemic affecting pig production in Eurasia. The causative agent, ASF virus (ASFV) is a structurally complex virus with a large genome harboring over 150 genes. One of them, <i>E165R</i>, encodes for a protein belonging to the dUTPase family. The fine structure of the purified protein has been recently analyzed and its dUTPase activity tested. In addition, it has been reported that a BA71 m ...[more]