Immunohistochemical studies on the transneuronal spread of virulent herpes simplex virus type 2 and its US3 protein kinase-deficient mutant after ocular inoculation

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 289-294

  Yamamoto, Mitsuaki ^a   Kurachi, Ryutaro ^a   Morishima, Tsuneo ^a   Kito, Junzo ^a   Nishiyama, Yukihiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Herpes simplex virus; Neuroinvasiveness; Protein kinase

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; KERATITIS; MASSETER MUSCLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STOMATITIS; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2;

EID: 0029967497     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb03348.x     Document Type: Article

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