Varicella-Zoster virus gene 21: Transcriptional start site and promoter region

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 42-47

  Cohrs, Randall J ^a   Barbour, Michael ^a   Gilden, Donald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 21; DNA BINDING; GENE FUSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HERPES ZOSTER; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPINAL GANGLION; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0031964680     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.1.42-47.1998     Document Type: Article

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