Expression and characterization of a novel structural protein of human cytomegalovirus, pUL25

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 3800-3809

  Battista, Maria Concetta ^a   Bergamini, Giovanna ^a   Boccuni, Maria Cristina ^a   Campanini, Fabio ^a   Ripalti, Alessandro ^a   Landini, Maria Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; VIRUS PARTICLE;

EID: 0032943081     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.5.3800-3809.1999     Document Type: Article

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