Human herpesvirus type 6 variants identified by single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-29

  Wilborn, Freimut ^c   Binder, Thomas ^d   Neipel, Frank ^b   Blasczyk, Rainer ^a   Siegert, Wolfgang ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c Hermannswerder Haus 17   (Germany)

^d JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human herpesvirus type 6 (HHV 6) variants; Polymerase chain reaction; Single strand conformation polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TECHNIQUE; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD CELLS; CELL LINE; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, VIRAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031681386     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(98)00033-0     Document Type: Article

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