The r144 major histocompatibility complex class I-like gene of rat cytomegalovirus is dispensable for both acute and long-term infection in the immunocompromised host

Journal of Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 1045-1050

  Beisser, Patrick S ^a   Kloover, Jeroen S ^a   Grauls, Gert E L M ^a   Blok, Marinus J ^a   Bruggeman, Cathrien A ^a   Vink, Cornelis ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENES, VIRAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; RATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0033987452     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.74.2.1045-1050.2000     Document Type: Article

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