Comparison of polymorphism of thymidine kinase gene and restriction fragment length polymorphism of genomic DNA in herpes simplex virus type 1

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2750-2752

  Nagamine, Masayoshi ^a   Suzutani, Tatsuo ^a   Saijo, Masayuki ^b   Hayashi, Kozaburo ^c   Azuma, Masanobu ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c Public Health Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYMIDINE KINASE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA PROBE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0033943821     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.7.2750-2752.2000     Document Type: Article

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