The latency-associated promoter of herpes simplex virus type 1 requires a region downstream of the transcription start site for long-term expression during latency

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 6714-6719

  Lokensgard, J R ^a,b   Berthomme, Herve ^a   Feldman, Lawrence T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Minneapolis Med Researeh Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN C; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; LATENT VIRUS INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPINAL GANGLION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

EID: 0030860992     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.9.6714-6719.1997     Document Type: Article

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