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Cowpox virus

Known as: Cow Pox Virus, virus cowpox, Cowpox viruses 
A species of ORTHOPOXVIRUS that is the etiologic agent of COWPOX. It is closely related to but antigenically different from VACCINIA VIRUS.
National Institutes of Health

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Poxviridae
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Activation of the PI3K/Akt Pathway Early during Vaccinia and Cowpox Virus Infections Is Required for both Host Survival and Viral Replication
ABSTRACT Viral manipulation of the transduction pathways associated with key cellular functions such as actin remodeling… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Cowpox virus infection: an emerging health threat
Purpose of reviewHuman cowpox, a rare zoonotic infection, evokes a self-limited disease, except for immunocompromised and… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Vaccines in historic evolution and perspective: a narrative of vaccine discoveries.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Structure of a soluble secreted chemokine inhibitor vCCI (p35) from cowpox virus.
Most poxviruses, including variola, the causative agent of smallpox, express a secreted protein of 35 kDa, vCCI, which binds CC… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Activation of apoptosis by Apo-2 ligand is independent of FADD but blocked by CrmA
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Granzyme B Is Inhibited by the Cowpox Virus Serpin Cytokine Response Modifier A(*)
The ability of cytolytic cells to cause apoptosis in target cells is in part due to the action of the serine proteinase granzyme… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Fas- and Tumor Necrosis Factor-induced Apoptosis Is Inhibited by the Poxvirus crmA Gene Product (*)
crmA is a cowpox virus gene that encodes a protease inhibitor of the serpin family. The only reported target for the CrmA protein… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Inhibition of the Caenorhabditis elegans cell-death protease CED-3 by a CED-3 cleavage site in baculovirus p35 protein
THE baculovirus protein p35 inhibits programmed cell death in such diverse animals as insects, nematodes and mammals1-5. Here we… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Cowpox virus contains two copies of an early gene encoding a soluble secreted form of the type II TNF receptor.
The inverted terminal repeats of the DNA of cowpox virus (Brighton Red strain) contain the crmB gene, an additional member of a… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Hemorrhage in lesions caused by cowpox virus is induced by a viral protein that is related to plasma protein inhibitors of serine proteases.
Several recombinant cowpox viruses were constructed and used to identify a viral gene that controls the production of hemorrhage… 
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