title: Molecular and cellular biology of Borna disease virus infection.
abstract: Borna disease virus (BDV) is a noncytolytic, neurotropic RNA virus that causes neurobehavioral disorders in a wide variety of warm-blooded animals. Recent evidence has revealed that BDV uses a unique strategy in its transcription and replication and directly affects cellular functions of infected central nervous systems. BDV research will provide new insights not only into the biology of neurotropic RNA virus but also into neuropsychiatry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan. tomonaga@biken.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Keizo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomonaga
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Kazuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikuta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001890:Borna Disease / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D001891:Borna disease virus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral; D016679:Genome, Viral; D011485:Protein Binding; D021381:Protein Transport; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014779:Virus Replication
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins