Four tRNA-like sequences and a serpin homologue encoded by murine gammaherpesvirus 68 are dispensable for lytic replication in vitro and latency in vivo

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 149-153

  Simas, J P ^a   Bowden, R J ^a   Paige, V ^a   Efstathiou, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; HERPES; HERPES VIRUS; HERPESVIRUS 68; LUNG INFECTION; LYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; POXVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; MURID HERPESVIRUS 4; MURINAE; MURINE HEPATITIS VIRUS; POXVIRIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031963624     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-79-1-149     Document Type: Article

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