Effects of mutations in the Exo III motif of the herpes simplex virus DNA polymerase gene on enzyme activities, viral replication, and replication fidelity

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 7791-7798

  Hwang, Ying T ^a   Liu, B U Yuan ^b,d   Coen, Donald M ^c   Hwang, Charles B C ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE MUTATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0030819366     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.10.7791-7798.1997     Document Type: Article

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