Disruption of the varicella-zoster virus dUTPase and the adjacent ORF9A gene results in impaired growth and reduced syncytia formation in vitro

Virology

Volumn 234, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 186-195

  Ross, Jeffrey ^a   Williams, Marshall ^b   Cohen, Jeffrey I ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCYTIUM; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME;

DNA VIRUSES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

EID: 0030799993     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1997.8652     Document Type: Article

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