Identification of strain-specific nucleotide sequences in E1 and NS4 genes of rubella virus vaccine strains in Japan

Vaccine

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1579-1585

  Katow, Shigetaka ^a   Minahara, Hiroko ^a   Taeko, Ota ^a   Fukushima, Masao ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b SRL INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Rubella virus vaccine; Seed lot system; Strain specific sequences

Indexed keywords

RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOME; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA VIRUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS GENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, VIRAL; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RUBELLA VACCINE; RUBELLA VIRUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0030823566     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(97)00075-3     Document Type: Article

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