Amplification and sequencing of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) gene 4: Point mutation in a VZV strain causing chickenpox during pregnancy

Acta Virologica

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 277-283

  Chow, V T K ^a   Lim, K P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Gene 4; Mutation; Polymerase chain reaction; Sequencing; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENPOX; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; GENES, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SINGAPORE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0031436951     PISSN: 0001723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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