Molecular characteristics of very virulent European MDV isolates

Acta Virologica

Volumn 43, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 90-93

  Barrow, A ^a   Venugopal, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ICP4; MDV; MEQ; Pathotypes

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AVIAN LYMPHOMATOSIS HERPETOVIRUS; BIRD; BURSA FABRICII; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOTOXICITY; LYMPHOID ORGAN; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THYMUS ATROPHY; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DNA, VIRAL; EUROPE; HERPESVIRUS 2, GALLID; MAREK DISEASE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, VIRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DNA VIRUSES; FABRICIUS; GALLID HERPESVIRUS 2; HERPETOVIRUS; MARDIVIRUS;

EID: 0032989481     PISSN: 0001723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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