The latency-associated transcript gene enhances establishment of herpes simplex virus type 1 latency in rabbits

Journal of Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1885-1891

  Perng, Guey Chuen ^a   Slanina, Susan M ^a   Yukht, Ada ^a   Ghiasi, Homayon ^a,b   Nesburn, Anthony B ^a,b   Wechsler, Steven L ^a,b  

^a BURNS AND ALLEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; LATENT VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, VIRAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RABBITS; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0033934284     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.74.4.1885-1891.2000     Document Type: Article

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