Figure 7
From: Molecular investigation of the 7.2 kb RNA of murine cytomegalovirus
Intron locus RNAs are dispensable for virus dissemination to the salivary glands during acute infection. Three-month-old female BALB/c mice were inoculated i.p. with 5x105 PFU of WT MCMV or MCMVdel SD. At the indicated days post infection, organs were harvested from three mice per infection group to quantify infectious virus by plaque assay. Bars represent the mean and error bars represent the standard error of the mean (SEM). The dashed line indicates the limit of detection.