A specific subform of the human cytomegalovirus transactivator protein pUL69 is contained within the tegument of virus particles

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 8984-8987

  Winkler, Michael ^a   Stamminger, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NEWBORN INFECTION; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; VIRION; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS PURIFICATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0029861953     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.12.8984-8987.1996     Document Type: Article

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