A 371-nucleotide region between the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) LAT promoter and the 2-kilobase LAT is not essential for efficient spontaneous reactivation of latent HSV-1

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 2014-2018

  Perng, Guey Chuen ^a   Slanina, Susan M ^a   Ghiasi, Homayon ^a,b   Nesburn, Anthony B ^a,b   Wechsler, Steven L ^a,b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE STRUCTURE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 0030066711     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.3.2014-2018.1996     Document Type: Article

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