Herpesviral thymidine kinases: Laxity and resistance by design

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2083-2092

  Evans, James S ^a   Lock, Kevin P ^a   Levine, Barry A ^a   Champness, J N ^b   Sanderson, M R ^b   Summers, W C ^c   McLeish, P J ^a   Buchan, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CYSTEINE; PROLINE; THYMIDINE KINASE; VIRUS ENZYME;

ARTICLE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1;

EID: 0031695658     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-79-9-2083     Document Type: Article

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