Comparison of genetic variability at multiple loci across the genomes of the major subtypes of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus reveals evidence for recombination and for two distinct types of open reading frame K15 alleles at the right-hand end

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 6646-6660

  Poole, Lynn J ^a   Zong, Jian Chao ^a   Ciufo, Dolores M ^a   Alcendor, Donald J ^a   Cannon, Jennifer S ^a   Ambinder, Richard ^a   Orenstein, Jan M ^b   Reitz, Marvin S ^c   Hayward, Gary S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRAL GENETICS;

EID: 0032786533     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.8.6646-6660.1999     Document Type: Article

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