Mutation in the UL97 open reading frame of human cytomegalovirus strains resistant to ganciclovir

Journal of Virology

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 1994, Pages 4427-4431

  Lurain, Nell S ^a,b   Spafford, Lois E ^a   Thompson, Kenneth D ^a,c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OPEN READING FRAME; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0028271126     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.68.7.4427-4431.1994     Document Type: Article

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