Molecular characterization of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus/human herpesvirus-8 strains from Russia

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1217-1222

  Lacoste, Vincent ^a   Kadyrova, Elena ^b   Chistiakova, Lrina ^c   Gurtsevitch, Vladimir ^b   Judde, Jean Gabriel ^a   Gessain, Antoine ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Cancer Research Center   (Russian Federation)

^c Res Ctr for Dermatol/Venerology   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TYPING;

DNA VIRUSES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8;

EID: 0034010351     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-81-5-1217     Document Type: Article

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