The polyserine tract of herpes simplex virus ICP4 is required for normal viral gene expression and growth in murine trigeminal ganglia

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 7115-7124

  Bates, Patricia A ^a   DeLuca, Neal A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS MUTATION;

EID: 0031872107     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.9.7115-7124.1998     Document Type: Article

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