The epstein barr virus genome encodes deoxythymidine kinase activity in a nested internalopen reading frame

Intervirology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 270-274

  Holton, Ronald H ^a   Gentry, Glenn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus; Thymidine kinase

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; THYMIDINE KINASE; VIRUS DNA; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS GENOME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THYMIDINE KINASE;

EID: 0030300226     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: 14230100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000150528     Document Type: Article

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