Restitution of the UL56 gene expression of HSV-1 HFEM led to restoration of virulent phenotype; deletion of the amino acids 217 to 234 of the UL56 protein abrogates the virulent phenotype

Virus Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-31

  Kehm, Roland ^a   Rösen Wolff, Angela ^a   Darai, Gholamreza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA sequencing; Expression vector pMa1 c2; Herpesviridae; Immunoblot; Immunofluorescence; Maltose binding protein; Pathogenicity; Polymerase chain reaction; Recombinant virus; Tree shrew (Tupaia)

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, VIRAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME, VIRAL; HAPLORHINI; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHENOTYPE; REASSORTANT VIRUSES; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRULENCE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; TUPAIA; TUPAIA GLIS;

EID: 0029920846     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1702(96)80248-6     Document Type: Article

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