Mutations in the 5' end of the herpes simplex virus type 2 latency- associated transcript (LAT) promoter affect LAT expression in vivo but not the rate of spontaneous reactivation of genital herpes

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 7903-7910

  Wang, Kening ^a   Pesnicak, Lesley ^a   Straus, Stephen E ^a  

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

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE TARGETING; GENITAL HERPES; GUINEA PIG; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; LATENT VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 0030880896     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.10.7903-7910.1997     Document Type: Article

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