The Maastricht strain and england strain of rat cytomegalovirus represent different betaherpesvirus species rather than strains

Virology

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 341-351

  Beisser, Patrick S ^a   Kaptein, Suzanne J F ^a   Beuken, Erik ^a   Bruggeman, Cathrien A ^a   Vink, Cornelis ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETAHERPESVIRINAE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENE;

BETAHERPESVIRINAE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5; MOUSE CYTOMEGALOVIRUS 1; MURINAE; RAT CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; RED CLOVER MOTTLE VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032486595     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1998.9196     Document Type: Article

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