Novel, nonconsensus cellular splicing regulates expression of a gene encoding a chemokine-like protein that shows high variation and is specific for human herpesvirus 6

Virology

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 139-151

  French, C ^a   Menegazzi, P ^b   Nicholson, L ^c   Macaulay, H ^a   DiLuca, D ^b   Gompels, U A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CHEMOKINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; POLYADENYLATED RNA; THYMINE; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOP CODON;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6;

EID: 0033568367     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1999.9875     Document Type: Article

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