Varicella-Zoster virus (VZV) transcription during latency in human ganglia: Detection of transcripts mapping to genes 21, 29, 62, and 63 in a cDNA library enriched for VZV RNA

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2789-2796

  Cohrs, Randall J ^a   Barbour, Michael ^a   Gilden, Donald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA LIBRARY; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0029937841     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.5.2789-2796.1996     Document Type: Article

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