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Project

Entry of feline coronaviruses in their primary target cells
Code
3F029610
Duration
01 October 2010 → 30 September 2014
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Microbiology
    • Systems biology
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Microbiology
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Microbiology
Keywords
virus entry intestinal mucosa explantmodel feline coronavirus
 
Project description
 

In this project the target cells of feline coronaviruses in intestinal mucosa will be identified and the replication in these cells will be studied in an intestinal mucosa explant model. Further, the entry of these viruses in the identified target cells will be analyzed and there will be searched for an explanation for the observed differences between FIPV and FECV.