In vivo replication of recombinant murine cytomegalovirus driven by the paralogous major immediate-early promoter-enhancer of human cytomegalovirus

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 5043-5055

  Grzimek, Natascha K A ^a   Podlech, Jürgen ^a   Steffens, Hans Peter ^a   Holtappels, Rafaela ^a   Schmalz, Susanne ^a   Reddehase, Matthias J ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ENHANCER REGION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0032990137     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.6.5043-5055.1999     Document Type: Article

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