TABLE 2.
Percentages of splenocytes at different stages of the cell cycle after infection with rMd5 and rMd5Δpp38a
| No. of dpi | Group | Splenocytes (%) at indicated stageb
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| G0/G1 | S | G2/M | ||
| 3 | rMd5Δpp38 | 61.30a | 19.84b | 17.95a |
| rMd5 | 72.49a | 13.21ab | 13.42b | |
| Control | 74.72a | 4.33a | 20.10a | |
| 6 | rMd5Δpp38 | 69.97a | 5.06a | 24.20a |
| rMd5 | 71.45a | 7.21b | 20.14b | |
| Control | 71.17a | 3.94a | 24.37a | |
| 14 | rMd5Δpp38 | 80.58a | 3.11a | 15.37a |
| rMd5 | 78.34a | 5.00b | 14.81a | |
| Control | 77.42a | 3.15a | 16.65a | |
| 26 | rMd5Δpp38 | 76.09b | 5.22b | 14.98ab |
| rMd5 | 73.88b | 7.08c | 13.71b | |
| Control | 79.41a | 2.88a | 16.71a | |
a
The values of seven chickens for each treatment, killed at different time points, were averaged.
b
Differences between treatment results were statistically studied (analysis of variance test, P < 0.05): The same letter placed next to numbers means that the differences were not significant.