Gene for A-type inclusion body protein is useful for a polymerase chain reaction assay to differentiate orthopoxviruses

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 217-221

  Meyer, Hermann ^a   Ropp, Susan L ^b   Esposito, Joseph J ^b  

^a Sanitatsakademie der Bundeswehr   (Germany)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

ATI gene; differentiation; orthopoxvirus; PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL INCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHICK EMBRYO; DNA, VIRAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GENES, VIRAL; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; COWPOX VIRUS; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; RACCOONPOX VIRUS; VACCINIA; VACCINIA VIRUS; VARIOLA;

EID: 0030934455     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(96)02155-6     Document Type: Article

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